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Payouts made to fewer than 5% of Windrush compensation claimants
The Home Office said £362,996 has been paid out from the fund which totals at least £200 million, with offers valued at £280,000 also made.
Officer who put knee on George Floyd ‘should be charged over death’
The mayor of Minneapolis says he believes officer Derek Chauvin should be charged over the death of George Floyd.
The government is paying the Sun and Daily Mail for positive coverage of its coronavirus response
The government is lining the pockets of large newspaper groups with editorials praising its coronavirus response.
Daily Mail sees slump in circulation due to Covid-19 shutdown
Daily Mail General Trust, which also owns Metro and i newspapers along with a portfolio of other companies, said advertising revenues are down too.
‘Complete shambles’ Govt contact tracing site suffers technical issue on launch
Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it is the public’s civic duty to make mass contact tracing work
Contact tracing could be undermined by Cummings support
The shadow health secretary has said the public may not co-operate with contact tracing following the Dominic Cummings ‘furore’.
Johnson denies plan to move NHS Covid-19 patients into care homes
Mr Johnson denied there had been a ‘concerted effort to move people out of NHS beds into care homes’.
Attention turns to the Beeb as Maitlis scolded over impartiality
"The utterly spinelessness of the BBC really is extraordinary sometimes. Maitlis deserves better treatment. But so do the public", Ian Dunt said.
Newsnight’s Cummings coverage from Emily Maitlis broke impartiality rules
The broadcaster said that staff had been ‘reminded’ of the corporation’s impartiality rules.