More than 70,000 households homeless or at risk last summer
Some 34,940 households were judged to not have a permanent home between July and September 2019.
Coronavirus UK – Ocado servers thought they were under attack from onslaught of shoppers
Shoppers have been scrambling to stock up as many stay inside to slow the spread of the pandemic.
Coronavirus UK – Call for cash payments for families in receipt of free school meals
Organisations have written to Nicola Sturgeon urging the change to be put in place as schools close from Friday amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Shocking news as 475 people die in Italy of coronavirus in single day
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Coronavirus UK – Up to 20,000 armed forces to form part of Covid Support Force
The numbers of personnel at ‘higher readiness’ is to be doubled.
Coronavirus – EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier tests positive
The PM still insists he wont ask for an extension to the Brexit transition.
Coronavirus UK – New retention pay scheme needed to keep people in jobs, says think-tank
Statutory retention pay would let workers go on paid leave with the state paying at least two-thirds of their wages, the Resolution Foundation said.
Dozens of London Underground stations could close due to pandemic
Up to 40 stations which do not interchange with other lines could be shuttered.
Mental health charity slams Govt ‘irresponsible’ Coronavirus bill which would grant single doctors power to detain mentally ill
The Government wants to relax legal safeguards in the Mental Health Act in order to free up medical staff to deal with the healthcare crisis