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One-in-six in England could end up on NHS waiting list by April
Researchers at think-tank Reform showed that patients waiting a year or more for treatment had risen by over 12,000 per cent since the start of the pandemic.
‘Boost it like Biden’ to recover from Covid-19, think-tank urges Chancellor
Researchers said £190 billion is needed to get the UK economy back on track - a figure which matches Biden's ambition, and is four times what Rishi Sunak has pledged.
University students forced to waste £1bn on empty accommodation
The average student has paid £1,621 in rent for empty rooms for which they have not received a refund.
Watch – ‘The greatest thing I’ve ever seen’ Moira Stuart reading out candidates in 1984 by-election
"Further proof that Monty Python was a documentary series."
‘Much too early to start lifting restrictions’ as PM plans to ease lockdown and NHS to stay ‘at full stretch’
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, has written to Boris Johnson calling for a focus on “data, not just dates” when it comes to the Government’s approach to the route out of lockdown.
Reactions as Nigel Farage wants to scrap ‘EU Human Rights Act’ – which doesn’t exist
"Life Hack: You can’t scrap the EU Human Rights Act, if that Act never even existed."
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter had to hide online abuse because it would have “broken his heart”
“I think it would have broken his heart, honestly, if we’d said to him people are hating us."
Syrian refugee who worked as NHS cleaner throughout pandemic granted permanent right to remain in UK
“People who flee war-torn countries don’t want sympathy they want an opportunity," he said.
Asylum seekers at barracks ‘powerless to protect themselves’ against spread of Covid
“The barbed wires and fencing, and the regime of curfew and restrictions, served as recurring triggers for flashbacks to past torture and serious ill-treatment.”