According to calculations used by parliament’s spending watchdog in a report into the government’s flagship jobs protection scheme, more than £3 billion might have been robbed in furlough money by criminal gangs and fraudulent employers. The National Audit Office said there was evidence of substantial levels of furlough fraud from both organised gangs hijacking claimsContinue reading “Furlough Fraudsters Robbed As Much As £3 Billion”
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A Crackdown In Ann Arbor
The University of Michigan’s reopening hasn’t gone well, compelling the local government to step in and on Tuesday, local health officials instructed students at the University of Michigan to stay in their quarters, effective immediately, to control an escalating campus outbreak. Cases and positivity test rates have recently spiked in Ann Arbor, which had essentiallyContinue reading “A Crackdown In Ann Arbor”
To Be Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak Must Dare To Be Disliked
Being the frontrunner in the Conservative leadership stakes seldom ends well, yet this is the position that the chancellor Rishi Sunak, dispenser, for now, of vast sums of other people’s money, find himself in. He’s the favourite to take over at some point as Boris Johnson’s leadership deflates like a soufflé and the Tory tribeContinue reading “To Be Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak Must Dare To Be Disliked”
Thirteen Districts Impacted By COVID-19
With the eruption of the Minuwangoda Brandix COVID 19 cluster that has already extended into 13 districts, there’s a heightened chance of the virus circulating into the remaining districts as well, Chief Epidemiologist Dr Sudath Samaraweera said. He said COVID 19 patients had been reported from Kurunegala, Puttalam, Kegalle, Kandy, Galle, Hambantota, Jaffna, Vavuniya, Anuradhapura,Continue reading “Thirteen Districts Impacted By COVID-19”
Pope Francis Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions
Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time since taking the papal position. The approval came halfway through a feature-length documentary, titled Francesco, which had its premiere at the Rome Film Festival. The film delves into topics Francis cares about most, including the environment, poverty, migration, racial and income inequality, and theContinue reading “Pope Francis Approves Same-Sex Civil Unions”
We Have Seen Boris Johnson At His Most Incompetent Numerous Times. Here He Was At His Most Malignant
On live television, Andy Burnham had just finished making an impassioned plea for the tiny amount of money that will be needed to spare the poorest and most vulnerable people of Manchester from ruination in the wake of new coronavirus constraints being thrust upon them. Reporters had asked a few questions, and then, still, onContinue reading “We Have Seen Boris Johnson At His Most Incompetent Numerous Times. Here He Was At His Most Malignant”
World’s First COVID Human Challenge Trials To Start
Volunteers in London are to be infected with coronavirus early next year, in the world’s first COVID 19 human challenge trials. The project, first announced in a media outlet last month, was disclosed publicly on Tuesday morning with an initial £33.6 million of government funding. The aim is to speed up vaccine development by contaminatingContinue reading “World’s First COVID Human Challenge Trials To Start”
How Failures Of The Obama-Era Stimulus Could Navigate A Biden Administration
The person taking the oath of office on Jan 20 will encounter economic disarray and this will be true whether it’s Joe Biden or Donald Trump, and true whether or not the off and on negotiations over a new round of pandemic relief yield anything. Given mass failures of small businesses and continuing astronomical numbersContinue reading “How Failures Of The Obama-Era Stimulus Could Navigate A Biden Administration”
Wales To Go Into National Two-Week Firebreak COVID Lockdown
The Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has declared that a temporary national lockdown will be imposed in Wales. The Welsh Government believes a two-week firebreak, from Friday at 6 pm until Monday 9 November is essential to help bring the virus under control. Approximately 2.3 million people in Wales are already living under local lockdownContinue reading “Wales To Go Into National Two-Week Firebreak COVID Lockdown”
National Circuit Breaker Would Be Unfair, Voices Michael Gove
A national circuit breaker lockdown was ruled out by the Government after Labour said that several might be needed and each could last longer than three weeks. Michael Gove, the Cabinet Office minister, left the door open for a regional variant of the policy, however, by criticising it only for imposing blanket restrictions on placesContinue reading “National Circuit Breaker Would Be Unfair, Voices Michael Gove”
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