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Supermarkets net £2bn in tax breaks despite sales soaring during pandemic
Both Tesco and Sainsbury's have dished out sizeable dividends, while B&M Bargains' chief paid his offshore family trust £44m in dividends after saving through the rates holiday.
Metropolitan Police ‘not free of racism’, Dame Cressida Dick admits
"The Met is not free of discrimination, racism or bias. I have always acknowledged that and do now again."
‘We do not take an oath to a tyrant’: Top US general rebukes Trump
"We do not take an oath to a king or a queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual."
More men named Greg than women in total to speak to Oxford University group
The society is made up of students reading PPE at the top university - Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Kent could become ‘toilet of England’ as drivers face post-Brexit queues
“I’m worried Kent is becoming the toilet of England, not the garden of England. And we’re all braced for it getting much much worse.”
Lockdown 3? Reactions as Sunak hints at another ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme
"Stop posting spoilers for lockdown 3 I haven't finished the second series yet."
Carrie Gracie hits out at ‘whitewash’ investigation into BBC equal pay
The report said that “the processes, if not the outcomes, let women down” - and recommended that the BBC put in place improvements to rebuild trust.
‘Woke-washed’ heritage groups ‘perverted by political posturing’ of ‘militant BLM,’ says Tory MP
Jacob Rees-Mogg later said there has been “an avalanche of miserable Britain-hating nonsense filling the airwaves in recent months about our history and our culture”
Test and Trace struggling to reach more than 60% of contacts adding pressure on Dido Harding
Prime Minister Boris Johnson had pledged that by the end of June, the results of all in-person tests would be back within 24 hours.