Britain’s biggest teaching union has been accused of ‘hijacking’ the coronavirus crisis to push for pay rises and long-term perks while the educations of millions of children are shipwrecked. The National Education Union (NEU) is including pay increases in ‘key demands’ and bosses have called for any reduction in class sizes to be ‘long-term’ – … Read more
Rishi Sunak is said to be targeting business tax rises to pay for the massive level of public spending during the pandemic – amid warnings that the economy could take a decade to recover. The Chancellor is mulling increases to capital gains tax – paid on shares and other asset sales to bring it into … Read more
UK announces 25,308 new coronavirus cases in 35% weekly drop as death count rises by 1,725 By Luke Andrews For Mailonline Published: 16:29 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 16:33 GMT, 27 January 2021 Advertisement Britain has recorded another 25,308 coronavirus infections as the second wave continues to run out of steam amid brutal lockdown … Read more
How intention to take a Covid vaccine rises with age: 98% of over-70s would turn up for their appointment but only 81% of 16-29 year olds would get the jab, data reveals Almost 100 per cent of adults aged 70 and over said they would get the vaccine But this fell to eight in 10 … Read more
At least 65 Americans are now infected with ‘super-covid,’ according to a DailyMail.com tally. Indiana on Monday became the ninth state in the US to find a case of the more infectious B117 variant first identified in the UK, where it set off a new wave of national lockdowns. The state’s health department simply announced … Read more
Protect struggling families hit by coronavirus economic collapse from council tax rises, Keir Starmer tells Rishi Sunak amid fears of bills surge in April Sunak confirmed councils can levy an extra 5 per cent onto tax bills in 2021-22 Decision came in the face of record public borrowing to support the country Labour says 5% … Read more
Rishi Sunak could delay tax rises until next autumn but will end Stamp Duty holiday in March amid warnings over scale of government borrowing during Covid crisis The Chancellor reportedly believes that it is the ‘wrong time’ to bring in tax rises Source added Mr Sunak has also rejected calls to extend the stamp duty … Read more
The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak in a care home linked to a Father Christmas party for the elderly last month has reached 27. The Mol care centre in northern Belgium had organised a December 4 visit of the beloved figure who usually spreads mirth and presents, but there is a possibility the actor … Read more
Britain’s Covid-19 R rate is now above one again, the Government’s top scientists revealed today after a separate report revealed cases rose in England last week for the first time in a month and amid growing fears of a tougher post-Christmas lockdown. SAGE estimates the crucial reproduction rate – how many people an infected patient … Read more
Tasers were used by police in 32,000 incidents last year, rocketing by more than a third on the year before. In the year to March, the stun guns were deployed 88 times a day on average in England and Wales, Home Office figures reveal – up 36.7 per cent from 23,451 deployments the previous year. … Read more