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Jacinda Ardern considers four-day week for New Zealand post-Covid-19
Jacinda Ardern has won wide praise for her handling of the pandemic.
Renewable power ahead of fossil fuels in first three months of year
Renewables generated more than 40% of Britain’s power in the first three months of the year.
Use Covid-19 to end rough sleeping for good – Labour leaders
Thousands of people were taken off the streets under the Everyone In scheme.
‘Time running out’ for testing plan before second wave, says top health figure
Members of the NHS Confederation are ‘concerned’ over an apparent lack of a clear strategy.
The great COVID cover-up: How the Johnson administration made it easier to hide coronavirus deaths
Loose laws and media distortions enabled the government to downplay the number of fatalities.
Patel warned against changing asylum laws to tackle migrant crossings
At least 145 migrants crossed the Channel and made it to the UK on VE Day, believed to be a record for a single day.
London records no new coronavirus cases as lockdown measures start to pay off
Scientists believe that the number of infections in the capital is halving every 3.5 days, meaning it could be wiped out in a matter of weeks.
Britain First leader Paul Golding convicted of Terrorism Act offence
Paul Golding refused to give police access to his mobile phone on his return from a political trip to Russia.
NHS cleaner posts impassioned video after family is locked out of government’s leave-to-remain scheme
It was revealed yesterday that some of the NHS's lowest-paid workers have been left out of a Home Office scheme granting families of health workers indefinite leave to remain in the UK.