Ladbrokes Coral owner GVC sparks backlash after it hands top bosses share bonuses despite furloughing all 14,000 staff at its betting shops By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 13 June 2020 Ladbrokes Coral owner GVC has sparked a backlash after it handed top bosses … Read more
Post Office bosses should face criminal prosecutions over an IT scandal branded the ‘biggest miscarriage of justice in our history’, MPs demanded yesterday. Up to 960 postmasters were wrongfully convicted of fraud, theft and false accounting after cash appeared to vanish from their tills. But it later emerged that shortfalls in the accounts of local … Read more
A British-made saliva test for the coronavirus could replace swabs and help Boris Johnson meet the 24-hour result target time. The Government is reportedly in talks with epigenetics company Chronomics about its test – two months after the US approved a similar one. The kit, which requires someone to spit into a tube, is easier … Read more
Boris Johnson could backtrack on the Huawei 5G deal after warning from spy chiefs over fresh security fears Intelligence agencies are reviewing advice given to No 10 amid concerns over new US sanctions A change of advice could force Boris Johnson to pull plans to use the firm’s kit in 35 per cent of the … Read more
Boris Johnson is on the brink of climbdown over his decision to allow Huawei to help build Britain’s 5G network over new security fears The climbdown comes after a growing rebellion on the Tory backbenches UK currently plans to use Huawei kit in 35 per cent of Britain’s 5G network The company’s link to Chinese … Read more
Health chiefs accuse Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer of using NHS as a scapegoat in political blame game over care home deaths NHS Providers accused the party leaders of using the NHS as a scapegoat Chief executive Chris Hopson penned a letter to both Johnson and Starmer Labour claimed Covid-19 patients were sent to care … Read more
Business leaders and politicians pleaded last night with the Government to unlock the economy and get Britain moving after figures appeared to show the Covid-19 outbreak was coming under control. Experts suggested coronavirus was ‘disappearing’ from the UK, with deaths down and new cases in London below 50 a day. Official figures revealed on Thursday … Read more
Health chiefs to spend £40million to cut ‘ridiculous’ NHS tech delays and reduce the amount of time doctors and nurses spend logging on to computers Matt Hancock said it will help deliver ‘most basic frontline technology upgrades’ Health officials hope to be able to reduce the dependence on passwords The Health Secretary pledged to banish … Read more
Public health bosses will advise hospitals on how to cope with a deadly fungus that has become resistant to most drugs. Candida auris was first identified in 2009 and has since struck hundreds in Britain and the US, among other countries. Hospitals are now struggling to deal with the little-known fungus, prompting health officials in … Read more
The number of people who died of the coronavirus in care homes England doubled in just five days this month, according to regulators. In a bombshell statement issued today the Care Quality Commission said it expects a ‘significant increase’ in the official number of care home deaths next week. Only 975 nursing home fatalities were … Read more