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A COUNTRY has introduced an incredible five-day weekend to boost the economy after the pandemic but a “brake on spending”.
Indonesia has announced the plans which aim to encourage people to go out and splash their cash.
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England’s chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry focus was more on dealing with consequences of pandemicUK politics live – latest updatesEngland’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, said the UK “did not give sufficient thought” to stopping Cov…
Survey shows the impact of Covid on frontline workers, with one in 25 NHS staff attempting suicide for first timeOne in 10 health workers in England had suicidal thoughts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research that highlights the scale of …
Chancellor and former health secretary tells Covid inquiry Britain was too slow to test and isolateUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK could have avoided a Covid lockdown if it had prepared better for a pandemic, Jeremy Hunt has argued, saying ther…
A BARBARIC dog-eating festival in China has returned “bigger and crueller” than ever after long-standing Covid restrictions were lifted and ‘danger tourists’ fly in from around the globe.
Undercover activists have revealed ho…
School leaders are considering dropping out of the government’s post-pandemic scheme as it prepares to cut fundingAlmost half of school leaders say the government’s national tutoring programme (NTP), set up to help pupils in England catch up after Covi…
Former CMO for England was previously told coronavirus ‘won’t come here’ after asking for preparedness reviewThe former chief medical officer for England has issued an emotional apology to the Covid bereaved as it emerged she asked for a preparedness r…
Evidence submitted by former chancellor claims austerity had ‘positive’ effect on UK’s ability to withstand Covid pandemicGeorge Osborne, chancellor from 2010 until 2016, is giving evidence to the Covid inquiry now.He starts by saying he wants to expre…
Experts say restrictions on socialising during Covid crisis may have led more women to seek to preserve fertilityThere has been a dramatic rise in the number of women freezing their eggs in the UK, while more single people are opting for IVF, figures s…
MPs today voted to approve the Commons privileges committee’s report into Boris Johnson and his statements to the house on Partygate. The report found that Johnson repeatedly misled parliament about lockdown parties at Downing Street, but many Tory MPs…