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Bank slashes interest rates to record low of 0.1% to shore up coronavirus-hit economy
It also increased its so-called quantitative easing programme by £200 billion to £645 billion.
Coronavirus UK – Two inmates at prison test positive
The Scottish Prison Service said another 28 people at the jail are described as ‘symptomatic’.
Co-op to fast-track recruitment of 5,000 shop staff
Temporary jobs are being created for people in the hospitality sector who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Windrush scandal ‘foreseeable and avoidable’
The Home Office demonstrated ‘institutional ignorance and thoughtlessness’, a report found.
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 – 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
Coronavirus: Latest updates from across the world
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 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.