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Construction business owner speaks out about EU workers shortages
Sebastian Przetakowski, who has worked in the industry in the UK for almost two decades, said he is currently fully booked up until next year and has to turn down work because he can no longer find bricklayers and carpenters.
Reactions as PM tells business leaders: ‘Peppa Pig World my kind of place’
"Update: following 144,000 deaths he just impersonated a racecar during a big speech on Peppa Pig World," wrote James Felton.
Get vaccinated or get Covid and die health minister tells Germans
He acknowledged that some had described this view as cynical. “But it’s true,” he said.
Bitter much? Piers Morgan mocks An Audience with Adele after not being invited
"What bitterness and regret looks like," tweeted one social media user in response.
This thread shows why you MUST wear a mask in hospital, prime minister
"People will die as result, others will get #LongCovid, families will be bereaved, ALL UNNECESSARILY!'" a doctor wrote.
‘The rot set in with Brexit, not Boris’, former civil servant says
“It wasn’t Johnson’s arrival in Downing Street that introduced the poison into our system, even if he significantly increased the dose. It was Brexit.”
Watch: Northern Powerhouse Rail farce summed up in clip that derails govt
"Pitch perfect, as always," said one person after watching the Larry and Paul clip.
Watch: MP defends Patel following claims that she is a ‘moron’ and all civil servants ‘hate her’
It comes after one civil servant is reported to have said: “She hates us and we all hate her.”
Big Issue warns of ‘mass homelessness’ amid rising bills and rent arrears
“For Covid-19’s legacy to be a mass homelessness crisis would be unforgivable," Lord John Bird said.