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Prevent ‘tsunami’ of job losses when furlough ends, TUC urges Sunak
Rishi Sunak has been urged by union leaders to launch a wage subsidy scheme to prevent a “tsunami” of unemployment when furlough comes to an end this autumn. Demanding the…
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Workers excluded from UK Covid safety net in choral ‘Les Mis’ plea
A choral cry for help based on a song from the musical Les Misérables is being aimed at the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, by workers who have slipped through the government’s…
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Eat out to help out sees diners claim 100m cut-price meals in August
At least 100m subsidised meals were eaten by diners in the UK in August following a last-minute rush by the public to take advantage of the government’s month-long “eat out…
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Pent-up demand after Covid lockdown fuels UK house sales surge
More homes in Britain are selling within a week of being put on the market than at any time over the past 10 years, according to data from the property…
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Batman filming paused after Robert Pattinson tests positive for coronavirus, say US media reports
British actor Robert Pattinson has tested positive for Covid-19, causing production in Britain on the set of his film The Batman to pause, Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter reported…
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Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: For many in Britain, the lockdown of domestic abuse isn’t over. But there is help
Six months ago, our country went into lockdown. Almost immediately, we saw both the best and the worst of human behaviour. For many, charity truly began at home, with family…
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Burning bush, melting Arctic, a deadly virus: nobody said the end times would be boring | John Birmingham
The chicken shack was nearly an hour’s walk through Seoul in the subzero night, but they served up damn good chicken, and dangerously cheap beer, and we agreed the risk…
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Young Australians have long felt like citizens of the world. Covid has ended that | Brigid Delaney
It is the mark of a privileged person, in the Before Times, that they never really had to think about borders. Their passport has allowed them to go pretty much…
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Test and trace in the UK: how well are we doing?
Is the test and trace system working properly? Ministers say the UK has a greater testing capacity than other countries of its size, with 2.43 people tested each day for…