Politics
Germany extends furlough scheme by a year as UK jobs crisis looms
Britain's furlough scheme is being wound down in October, potentially throwing millions out of work.
McKinsey paid £560,000 to decide ‘vision’ of new public health body
Dido Harding, who launched the test-and-trace programme in England, formerly worked as a consultant at McKinsey. She has been appointed to run the new National Institute for Health Protection, it emerged this week.
Outrage as George Galloway sticks his oar in on Scottish referendum
And Michael Gove thinks he has a point.
Cummings and Gove allies handed more Covid contracts without tender
Public First - a small lobbying and research firm owned by James Frayne and Rachel Wolf, who both worked for Gove - has worked on the project with Ofqual since June, after being awarded a contract that was not put out to tender.
Where’s Boris? Can you spot the PM in this fiendish puzzle?
Can you spot the PM in this fiendishly tricky brainteaser?
Teens punish Tories in polls – with just 20% saying they will vote blue in the next election
It reflects similar polling carried out in 2018, which found that Britain would be a sea of red seats if only 18-24s were allowed to vote.
If in doubt-do nowt! – Parliament won’t be heading to Yorkshire
“The Houses of Parliament are falling apart faster than they can be fixed."
New poll shows reversal of 2014 Scottish Independence referendum
Scottish Green Party leader Patrick Harvie said "it's no surprise" 55 per cent of Scots are now in favour of independence in the face of "utter contempt shown to Scotland by the Westminster Government".
Warning of financial pressure on Councils who need ‘to lead their communities out of this crisis’
"The LGA therefore reiterates its call for the Government to meet all extra cost pressures and income losses in full so that councils aren’t faced with making tough decisions on in-year cuts to services to meet their legal duty to set a balanced budget."