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Low-paid workers more likely to have lost jobs since crisis began – study
The jobs crisis is far from over despite the Government’s ‘bold’ measures, said the Resolution Foundation.
Post-coronavirus austerity ‘not a done deal’, says OBR chairman
OBR chairman Robert Chote said reported Government debt of more than £300bn did not necessarily have to mean years of slashing public expenditure.
HS2 bosses accused of being ‘blindsided by contact with reality’
Westminster’s Public Accounts Committee has urged the Government to give ‘regular, accurate and open updates’ on problems faced by the project.
New Zealand PM turned away from cafe as social distancing limits capacity
Jacinda Ardern has won wide praise for her handling of the pandemic.
Another council says schools will not re-open on June 1
Hartlepool Council has followed Liverpool City Council in saying it will not let schools partially re-open next month.
Easing lockdown may result in ‘fracturing’ of UK, PM warned
It comes as a new survey suggests public approval for the Government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis has fallen.
Venice views lockdown as chance to reimagine future
The coronavirus pandemic, hot on the heels of exceptional floods in November, has given the mayor a blank canvas to rethink life in the historic centre.
Papers divided over back to school dilemma
It comes after the Daily Mail provoked outrage for its front page coverage yesterday.
‘Inhumane and cruel’ Harry Dunn family still in dark in Red Notice saga
Harry Dunn was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car outside a US military base in Northamptonshire on August 27 last year.