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Home Office warns UK firms to prepare as most still unable to hire EU staff post-Brexit
Most UK firms are set to be caught out without a sponsor licence with just weeks until free movement ends, writes Immigration lawyer Vanessa Ganguin.
Trump misses out on Nobel Peace Prize as it awarded to hunger programme
It was announced that the president did not win a Nobel Peace Prize, despite his dream being kept alive by repeated nominations from supporters.
‘Cronyism’ as Tory Councillor handed £156 million PPE contract without competition
"Continuing to award major public contracts without competitive tender fuels the perception that political patronage matters more than suitability for the job."
Marcus Rashford awarded MBE and won’t give up child food poverty campaign
“I would be doing my community, and the families I have met and spoken with, an injustice if I didn’t use this opportunity to respectfully urge the Prime Minister to support our children during the October half-term."
Black and Asian people really are at higher risk of suffering severe Covid-19
Researchers found black and mixed ethnicity patients have a three-fold higher risk of needing hospital admission with Covid-19 compared to white inner-city residents of the same region.
Lockdown: Starmer labels anonymous Covid briefings a ‘gross irresponsibility’ as Northern leaders ‘not consulted’
'It was an act of gross irresponsibility for anonymous Government sources to tell newspapers on Thursday about plans to impose further restrictions on millions of people.'
Tory donor who gave PM silver envelope given knighthood as Honours system branded ‘elitist’
'We are still not seeing enough awards going to people of colour, particularly in the higher honours lists.'
Patel’s ‘rotten to the core’ Home Office argues with Secret Barrister and it doesn’t go well
"More #FakeLaw from @pritipatel’s fundamentally dishonest Home Office."
Police investigation launched over David Starkey interview were he said their are ‘so many damn blacks’
Dr Starkey issued a lengthy apology on July 6, in which he said his “principal regret” was that his “blundering use of language” could endanger people’s right to freedom of speech.