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Nurses will have to “live off the claps” as MPs get another pay rise
IPSA announced a planned payrise of £3,360 would go ahead just months after nurses were shunned.
Peers slam ‘totally stupid’ Covid rules and blaming public as parts of North may revolt over restrictions
Boris Johnson’s Government was compared to a school teacher losing control of the class.
Herd immunity letter called into question after scores of fake names found among the signatories
I.P. Freely, Dr. Person Fakename and Dr Harold Shipman were among the "medical" signatories.
Homeless people in Vancouver were given $7,500 each – the results were “beautifully surprising”
Researchers say the results could challenge stereotypes about people "living on the margins."
Over 1,000 Deloitte consultants on test & trace with some charging daily what a nurse earns a month
"That's as much as many nurses earn in a MONTH. Scandalous. Kick them out. Give the funds to the NHS."
Another U-turn? Banks uneasy over PM’s plan for low-deposit mortgages
It seems this new policy announcement won't make it past the virtual conference speech.
BBC headlines demonstrate where the world has gone wrong
Millions get plunged into extreme poverty as the world's richest see their wealth climb 27.5 per cent during the pandemic - to a whopping £7.9 trillion.
Shut the pubs? Covid-19 check-in app has only sent one alert regarding an outbreak
"On the one hand, at a government briefing on local data I'm told pubs are the primary location for common Covid exposure, on the other that the contact-tracing app has only sent out one alert about an outbreak in a venue."
Watch – ‘Huge amount of frustration and frankly fury up here in the North’ at Government’s Covid response
“Without an extension to the main furlough scheme, the damage to the economy of the North will be deep and lasting.”