Covid jabs for all healthy 12-15 year olds
The UK’s four Chief Medical Officers have recommended that all healthy children aged between 12-15 should be offered the Covid vaccine
They say that the...
Record Sales for Aldi and Lidl over Xmas
Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have both reported record Xmas sales this morning
Aldi reported an 8% rise in sales in the four weeks to...
Nurses strike is over and too few voted for action
The RCN will continue to put pressure on the UK government to deliver fair pay for nursing in England but turnout in their statutory...
Government sets out plans to ensure bereaved families can attend funerals during pandemic
Local Government Minister Simon Clarke has written to all councils in England to ensure that family members can attend the funerals of their loved...
Nearly a quarter of jobs could be lost during the lockdown
Estimates produced by the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex suggest the lockdown can take more than 6.5m...
Nurses to be balloted on industrial action
Nurses working within the NHS are to be asked whether they’d be willing to take industrial action in an indicative ballot launching soon. ...
Limit on contactless payments to rise to £100 from October
The national roll-out of the new £100 spending limit for contactless card payments will begin from 15 October 2021, UK Finance has announced today.
The...
Chancellor delivers ‘southern comfort’ statement with households in London and South East gaining three...
The Chancellor’s huge package of personal tax cuts confirmed yesterday will disproportionately benefit London and the South East – with households in these regions...
Tory MP’s write to PM threatening to vote against Local Government settlement if councils...
More than 40 Conservative Members of Parliament have signed a letter to the Prime Minister reportedly threatening to vote against the Local Government Finance...
Macron hails new beginning in U.K.-French relations as new detention centre for asylum seekers...
Rishi Sunak has agreed a deal with French President Emmanuel Macron to tackle illegal immigration that will see the UK pay almost half a...