Coronavirus UK: Serco reinstates dividend after earning £350m from Covid contracts

Sir Keir Starmer fumed today that it was ‘outrageous’ Test and Trace contractor Serco has restarted dividends after raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash during the pandemic. The outsourcing giant reported a surge in profits in 2020 after being handed £350million in Government Covid contracts. Serco is doing so well that … Read more

Morrisons reinstates door marshals to limit shoppers in stores amid fears of Covid panic buying

Morrisons has reinstated door marshals at its stores to limit the number of shoppers amid fears of Covid-19 panic buying – as supermarkets double their delivery slots to prepare for a second wave.  Staff will be stationed at all 494 of Morrisons supermarkets to monitor shoppers and remind them to wear face masks.  It comes … Read more

Furious parents demand primary school reinstates star head teacher who was suspended

Furious parents have demanded a school reinstates its star head teacher who was suspended for saying some teachers were ‘sat at home doing nothing’ during lockdown. Pauline Wood, from Grange Park in Sunderland, is under investigation after accusing her staff of bragging that they were spending ‘more time watching Netflix’ at home than they were working … Read more