TACKLING COVID • Mount a national vaccination program, contain COVID-19, and safely reopen schools, including by setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, eliminating supply shortage problems, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, addressing health disparities, and making the necessary investments to meet … Read more
Boris Johnson: The Prime Minister has cancelled Christmas in a grim end to 2020 The grim end to this pandemic year should not cast a pall over investment hopes for 2021. Financial experts are upbeat about prospects for the UK, though the recovery might not kick in until the late spring or summer when enough … Read more
European shares jump 0.5% as Trump signs the Covid-19 relief bill and UK reaches a post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU The benchmark European stock index jumped 0.5 per cent Automakers and energy stocks gained the most Also supporting sentiment was Europe’s cross-border vaccination programme By Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline Published: 09:23 GMT, 28 December … Read more
The Victorian hotel where Katy Perry stayed at before her bushfire relief concert is put on the market for $3.5million By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 06:12 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 06:12 GMT, 28 December 2020 Katy Perry was a guest there earlier in the year, and now the Villa Gusto Luxury … Read more
President Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that he has some ‘good news’ for Americans regarding the COVID relief bill despite refusing to sign the $900billion legislative package that resulted in millions losing their unemployment benefits. Just before 6.30pm, Trump offered the vaguest of updates, tweeting: ‘Good news on Covid Relief Bill. Information to follow!’ He also shared: … Read more
Are we there? Have we finally made it? As I write, there are reports that we are inching towards a final deal with the European Union, and may have even got across the line. British negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier have been photographed disappearing into a locked room in Brussels, where … Read more
Congress has agreed to a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, Senate leaders announced Sunday. The deal finally delivers long-overdue help to businesses and individuals and provides money to deliver vaccines to a nation eager for them. It establishes a temporary $300 per week supplemental jobless benefits and $600 direct stimulus payments to most Americans – half … Read more
The mother of an eight-year-old girl allegedly abducted after a trip to McDonald’s with her ‘babysitter’ told today of her ‘huge relief’ that she had been found safe and well. The youngster went missing for nearly 24-hours after being taken by family friend Annmarie Lawton and a man known only as Adam to McDonald’s. The … Read more
Wickes owner Travis Perkins to hand back £50m in business rates relief and furlough money as it reports strong recovery Multiple supermarkets including Asda and Sainsbury’s have also vowed to repay Travis Perkins revealed like-for-like sales rose 8.6% in October and November Earlier this year, Travis Perkins said it would let go 2,500 staff to … Read more
Retail veterans back calls for business rates relief for the High Street to be extended past April 2021 By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 December 2020 A dozen retail industry veterans have urged High Street business rates relief to be extended past April. … Read more