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Johnson needs to fulfil promise to fix social care as Minister hopes care homes are Covid-free by Sept 2021
“Statutory Sick Pay is a pittance. It’s not enough for anyone to survive on in any workplace - least of all care, where staff have to choose between going to work ill or staying home and not being able to pay the bills.
Restrictions needed ‘sooner rather than later’ as pubs & restaurants could shut
On Friday, new confirmed daily cases of coronavirus hit 4,322 – the highest since May 8.
Video – Covidiots? Police & protesters clash at anti-vax demonstration
Protesters formed human blockades to prevent them making arrests, with loud cheering and chanting as they pushed back the police.
15 powerful tributes to Ruth Bader Ginsburg who didn’t want be replaced until Trump was unseated
"My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump share Ig Nobel Prize for pandemic performance
The Medical Education Prize was awarded “for using the Covid-19 viral pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can.”
Assange offered pardon by Trump ‘associates’ over Democrats’ emails source
The WikiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing was told that Trump associates sought the source of leaks from the Democratic National Committee.
‘Now seeing second wave’ says PM as Tory peer says stop whingeing about not meeting granny at Xmas
UK records 4,322 Covid cases and England hurtles towards a 14-day 'circuit-break lockdown.
Watch – NHS track & trace worker beaten unconscious after moving away from unmasked man on bus
"This was a totally unwarranted violent assault and we urgently need to speak to this man."
Claims White House blocked Postal Service from sending face masks to every household in America
The Postal Service was about to send out 650 million masks.