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UK job market hits brick wall during virus lockdown: REC
May 07, 2020 02:31Demand for labour contracted at the fastest pace in the 22-year history of the monthly Report on Jobs published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation trade body and accountants KPMG.
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London protesters demand funds be diverted from HS2 to bolster health services
May 04, 2020 07:58The entrance to a site office for a planned high-speed rail line at London’s Euston station was blocked Monday by protestors, who said money should be diverted from the project to revitalize the struggling health services and protect those on the frontline battling the coronavirus pandemic.
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Non-NHS healthcare staff had less access to COVID-19 tests
May 04, 2020 07:54Healthcare staff working outside the NHS or on temporary contracts have had less access to coronavirus tests, a survey suggests.
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Business community calling on government to prepare for end of lockdown
May 04, 2020 01:31With the deadline for reviewing the coronavirus lockdown fast approaching, the government is coming under increasing pressure from the business community to significantly ease restrictions in the weeks ahead.
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UK ethnic minorities dying in greater numbers from COVID-19
May 01, 2020 10:13A new report says the coronavirus epidemic is killing Britain’s ethnic minorities in disproportionate numbers, despite the fact that most minority groups are much younger on average than the white British population.
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Boris Johnson says lockdown cannot yet be eased as UK faces 'maximum risk'
Apr 27, 2020 10:57British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that it is still too soon to ease the coronavirus lockdown since the UK is at the point of "maximum risk".
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Doctors warn UK protective equipment shortages worsening
Apr 27, 2020 03:28An increasing number of doctors in the UK are being forced to treat coronavirus patients without protective equipment, a new report says.
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UK coronavirus response utterly hypocritical, says UN poverty expert
Apr 27, 2020 03:17The United Nations’ poverty expert Philip Alston has attacked the UK government’s coronavirus response as “utterly hypocritical” after successive administrations implemented policies of austerity and public-sector cuts.
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Boris Johnson to return to work as UK virus deaths pass 20,000
Apr 26, 2020 04:18Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work at the start of this week, according to reports Sunday just hours after it was announced that the UK's coronavirus death toll had passed the "tragic" milestone of 20,000.
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Life will not return to normal in near future: Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon
Apr 23, 2020 09:41Life is unlikely to return to normal even when the tightest coronavirus restrictions are lifted, and social distancing measures could be in place for the rest of this year and beyond, Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Thursday.