‘Stop using my son to attack Black Lives Matter’, Lee Rigby’s mum tells far-right
Lee loved all races in “this great melting pot of a nation”, she said.
The UK’s testing numbers are nothing to be proud of
The UK was slow to start testing large numbers.
Banks risking call centre staff’s lives with work from home bans
Workers are scared.
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Charities are putting forward ambitious plans to end homelessness at last.
Ask how politics pays the piper to know who calls the tune
As a government sweetheart deal for big newspapers hits headlines, Jamie Beauvais asks if the concept of free and independent media has been lost.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s plan for employers to start paying towards the cost of the coronavirus job retention scheme has been welcomed by unions, writes Tony Burke.
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EXCLUSIVE: Greens accuse PM of misleading Parliament over care homes
“The question is whether the Prime Minister deliberately misled the select committee or did so out of ignorance and incompetence.”
With a key college facing closure, trade union education is under threat
While workers face unprecedented risks to their livelihoods and safety, training for union reps is under threat in the North West.
Johnson falsely claims coronavirus patients weren’t sent to care homes
His claim is contradicted by government guidelines.