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‘Absolute train wreck’ as Local authorities ‘braced for second wave of homelessness’
“What are we going to be doing about them then? Because that’s an absolute train wreck, ready to hurtle down the track and hit us in six months, twelve months, whenever that may be.”
GMB: Why is the Govt spending £16.5bn on the military when it struggled to feed hungry kids?
The budget will allow MoD to create an AI agency and a "space command".
Each day of greater Christmas freedom will result in five days of tighter measures
The public will need to make “every effort” to keep coronavirus cases low in December in order to gather during the festive season, a Public Health England (PHE) director said.
University of Oxford release “encouraging” vaccine results
The latest study shows it produces a strong immune response in older adults.
Comedian has perfect response to Sainsbury’s ad dissenters
This is Christmas comedy gold.
Ashley Banjo praises Sainsbury’s festive advert for ‘triggering racists’
“Dear Sainsbury’s, your application has been accepted…” Banjo wrote on Twitter. “Welcome to the ‘trigger the racists’ club.”
‘Definitely not a world-beating system!’ Test and Trace ‘confusion’ leading some users to call contacts themselves
"There are so many errors with it … there’s no wonder we’ve had to go into a second lockdown."
‘National scandal’ as over half of teachers have worked with homeless children
“We had one family where all the kids had to share a bed, they were shattered. It’s not right.”
‘Shameful legacy of Government’s Covid mishandling’ as report on private contract cronyism published
“Instead of spending taxpayer billions lining the pockets of line the pockets of Tory chums – Ministers should do the decent thing and give our frontline public sector heroes a decent pay rise.”