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Laurence Fox asks who he should bill for his ‘teachers salary’ as schools remain shut
The actor is estimated to be worth around $4 million.
Another U-turn? PM ditches plans to give chief Brexit negotiator top national security role
An announcement last July that he would assume the key post of NSA led to criticism because, unlike previous holders of the post, he is a political adviser rather than a career civil servant, and lacks security experience.
If only? UK should learn from other countries, says Briton quarantined in Australia hotel
“The UK should use the example of other places. There are already systems in place, so why recreate the wheel?”
‘Burned out’, ‘fatigued’ and ‘desperately sad’ – NHS staff after year of Covid
“So we’re struggling and we’re trying to get through as much as we can every day, and our staff get a huge amount of abuse on the phone… people are really rude to our staff, really quite abusive."
Brexit: Northern Ireland Protocol ‘obstructs free movement of military’
“This shows how ludicrous and unacceptable the outworking of the Northern Ireland Protocol are in practice."
Billionaire hedge funder says paying his ‘fair share’ of tax is a ‘bullsh*t attack on the rich’
“It’s just a way of attacking wealthy people, and I think it’s inappropriate,” Leon Cooperman - who was convicted for insider trading in 2016 - said.
Dubai blamed for Covid cases abroad as social influencers in race to get back to UK
Today models and social media influencers are among thousands of British travellers facing a race home today to avoid being stranded in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
‘It’s a nightmare’ – Two thirds of London housing association’s UC claimants behind on rent
“I think you just put yourself into debt with Universal Credit.”
QAnon-supporting Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed deadly forest fire on ‘secret Jewish space laser’
Greene has frequently posted far-right extremism and debunked conspiracy theories on her social media pages.