Move to lateral flow tests for travel begins today

fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from countries not on the UK’s red list can take a cheaper lateral flow test instead of a...

Greens call for £320 payment to every household to pay for spiralling energy bills

The newly-elected co-leaders of the Green Party used their first conference speech today to call on the government to avoid a national emergency this...

Johnson-“We’re watching the numbers very carefully every day”,

The Prime Minister has admitted the level of COVID cases is "high" and says that he is "watching the numbers very carefully every day"...

45 million people targeted by scam calls and texts this summer

Almost 45 million people have been on the receiving end of potential scam texts or calls in the last three months, new Ofcom research...

Inflation falls despite soaring fuel costs

Inflation surprisingly fell in the UK last month despite a surge in the cost of fuel and transport. Experts had predicted inflation to rise, but...

Asda to hire 15,000 Christmas workers

Supermarket group Asda said on Tuesday it plans to recruit 15,000 temporary workers for the Christmas trading period, joining a battle for staff in...

Covid wiped out a third of jobs in the music industry says report

Covid-19wiped out 69,000 jobs in the music industry, one in three of the total workforce. A report out today from U.K. Music is calling on...

GP’s in England to be offered cash fund to see more patients face to...

GPs in England will be offered an extra £250m to help them see more patients face-to-face this winter, The Health Secretary Sajid Javid is expected...

Outdated attitudes risk widening inequalities in hybrid workplace, think-tank warns

Employers could undo the progress made over the last 18 months and deepen workplace inequalities if organisations fail to override the deep-rooted perceptions of...

MP’s find UK’s early months response to Covid a failure of Public Health

Thousands of deaths in the social care system could have been avoided, delays to first lockdown were a “serious error” and the U.K....