Boris Johnson‘s election pledge to pay newly qualified teachers £30,000 is in doubt despite unions threatening industrial action and warning of an ‘exodus’ from the profession. Rishi Sunak is preparing a ‘pay restraint’ across the public sector, despite the £6,000 pay rise being a key policy in the 2019 Tory manifesto. Johnson had pledged to … Read more
House prices leap £4,000 in a MONTH: UK sees fastest annual rise in property values since 2017… despite our coronavirus pandemic woes Average cost of a home was £244,513 in September – £4,060 more than August Annual increase of 4.7 per cent – growing at fastest pace since October 2017 Buoyed by a stamp duty holiday, … Read more
CPI inflation creeps up to 0.7 per cent putting more pressure on families as prices of food and clothing rise The headline CPI inflation rate rose from 0.5 per cent to 0.7 per cent in October Clothing and food prices were the main cause of the increase, the ONS said The rise confounded the expectations … Read more
Covid deaths continue to rise in England and Wales: ONS reveals 1,937 victims in most recent week – with coronavirus to blame for one in six fatalities Weekly Office for National Statistics report shows 16.4 per cent of deaths are now linked to Covid-19 Deaths have risen for nine weeks in a row as effects … Read more
Vodafone profit lift as virus sees a rise in demand for mobile data and more reliable wi-fi By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 November 2020 Vodafone is line for a profits boost after it saw ‘massive demand’ for its services during the pandemic. … Read more
Britain’s second coronavirus wave appears to have flatlined, with cases increasing just 0.06 per cent in the last week, new figures have today revealed. In another sign the second wave is slowing, the Government announced another 21,363 new lab-confirmed Covid cases in the UK. Though the figure appears high, it is a small increase from … Read more
BIONTECH/PFIZER This is the first coronavirus vaccine so far that has been shown to work, having been found to be 90 per cent effective in a trial of more than 43,000 people. There are some concerns about the two-dose jab, because it needs to be largely kept in ultra-cold storage at around minus 70C. But … Read more
UK hospitals recorded 168 coronavirus deaths today – up from 156 last Sunday in a sign that fatalities may be flattening out. The figure, which is usually lower on Sunday and Monday due to weekend reporting lags, suggests the rate of deaths may be starting to flatten out. Two Sundays ago the figure was at … Read more
Nightingale hospitals are treating fewer than 30 patients and only one of the seven facilities across England is open – despite the recent rise in Covid hospital admissions Nightingale in Manchester caring for few dozen patients who now test negative Nightingales in Sunderland and Harrogate were asked to be ready for patients On Friday there … Read more
Barack Obama slams Republicans as xenophobic and paranoid in his forthcoming memoir, which focuses on his first term in the White House. In the 768-page tome, entitled ‘A Promised Land’ and out on November 17, Obama reflects on his political career but divulges in the personal, admitting life in the White House increased his smoking … Read more