Chancellor Rishi Sunak ‘is set to cancel proposed 5.6% rise in the national living wage for two million workers’ amid fears it could force firms hit by Covid-19 out of business Plans to raise national living wage by five per cent next April will be put on hold Decision means many frontline workers will see … Read more
Tens of millions of pounds of our cash is being ploughed into China‘s vast economy every year – on schemes including opera and rice production. In an unprecedented audit, the Mail has uncovered £81million in aid sent to the world’s second largest economy. It exposes how the UK taxpayer is boosting China’s prosperity despite the … Read more
Will there be enough Christmas trees this year? Fears of a shortage of our festive favourite after imports from Denmark were halted due to coronavirus mink cull The UK normally imports more than one million Nordmann Fir trees each year Exports to the UK have been severely hit by restrictions linked to a cull of mink … Read more
350,000 mums miss postnatal checks: Health fears for women who don’t attend vital appointments after giving birth Experts have warned the well-being of thousands of women is being put at risk The missed appointments could pick up problems such as postnatal depression Teenage mothers and those living in deprived areas most likely to miss checks … Read more
More than 3,000 rural post offices face ‘armageddon’ without a £50million bailout, campaigners warned yesterday. They are calling on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the annual subsidy after April next year, when it is due to expire. The cash keeps afloat 3,100 branches that are too small to make a profit and are now being … Read more
There are already two other vaccines – why’s this a big deal? Such strong results from the Oxford-AstraZeneca team gives Britain – and the world – real hope of an end to the pandemic early next year. While the Pfizer and Moderna jabs will play a vital role, the Oxford vaccine is much better suited … Read more
Andrew Marr has slammed The Crown’s inaccurate storylines about the Royal Family as ‘grossly unfair and sadistic’ – and fears it could harm the monarchy. The presenter has joined the swathes of outraged critics demanding the hit Netflix show include a disclaimer warning that many key scenes never happened or are distortions of the truth. Mr … Read more
School books and exam papers could soon show girls dressing up as firefighters and boys watering plants after one of the country’s largest education companies launched plans to tackle gender bias. Pearson, which owns the exam board Edexcel and produces resources for schools, today announced guidelines to ‘flip’ gender stereotypes and ‘avoid unconscious bias.’ The move, … Read more
Labour‘s chief whip has demanded that Jeremy Corbyn ‘unequivocally’ apologise for claiming that the scale of anti-Semitism in the party was ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’. MP Nick Brown said the former Labour leader caused ‘distress and pain’ to the Jewish community with his response to a damning Equality and Human Rights Commission report into antisemitism … Read more
UK arrivals can spend up to £120 on a private Covid test and slash their quarantine time to just five days under a new Government scheme. From December 15, the ‘test to release’ plan will allow arrivals from high-risk destinations to get a private coronavirus test after a five-day self-isolation period. If they test negative, … Read more