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George Osborne destroyed Britain’s safety net. The Covid inquiry should shame him into silence | Polly Toynbee
His iniquitous austerity programme left the population sick, vulnerable, and unprepared for a pandemic The bells tolled at 4pm today, the deadline when every shred of evidence would be handed…
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Macau casinos hit the jackpot as return of mainland Chinese tourists fuels fourfold surge in revenue
The return of mainland Chinese tourists boosted Macau casino revenues to 15.6 billion patacas (US$1.93 billion) in May, more than four times what they earned a year ago. Read the…
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Grant Shapps urges No 10 to hand Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps to Covid inquiry
Minister increases pressure on government to provide unredacted notes so inquiry can ‘get on with job’ UK politics live – latest updates A cabinet minister has piled pressure on the…
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Covid inquiry must examine impact of UK’s ‘broken sick pay’ system, says TUC
Failure to provide proper financial support left millions exposed to pandemic, says union boss The Covid inquiry must take an unflinching look at how the UK’s lack of decent sick…
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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong tests positive for Covid-19 again
Lee said he feels fine, adding doctors told him that it was a post-Covid rebound. Read the original article at South China Morning Post
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Battle to withhold Covid messages is about much more than Boris Johnson
Rishi Sunak must weigh up how it would look for his government to try to conceal material from a government-commissioned inquiry Why would ministers fight tooth and nail to prevent…
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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson hands over WhatsApps and notes to Cabinet Office
Former prime minister gives tranche of documents to the Cabinet Office, challenging officials to pass them on Boris Johnson has handed over a major cache of WhatsApp messages and notebooks…
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Black people were three times more likely to receive Covid fines in England and Wales
Exclusive: those in poorest areas were seven times more likely to be fined, finds research into how police used emergency powers Fines for breaking Covid rules were three times more…
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Queenslanders chased by debt collectors to pay for Covid tests they believed were free
Brisbane father says there was no mention of cost by staff at drive-through site but he received a $360 bill for three tests Get our morning and afternoon news emails,…
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The world has fewer billionaires and they are poorer, with their wealth shrinking to US$11.1 trillion as a year of ‘heightened volatility’ punishes ultra-wealthy
A global pandemic, the war in Europe, soaring inflation and deeper US-China tensions eroded the wealth of the world’s richest as the billionaire population declined worldwide. Read the original article…