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The government is being urged to use a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to stop catastrophic climate change, says a new report

New figures show the Tories’ drive to push big numbers of children back to school this month is failing.

A major outbreak of coronavirus has been confirmed at a food processing plant where workers had walked out unofficially over safety fears.

The Tories pushed ahead with lifting the lockdown just as the official British death toll rose to over 42,000 and other countries showed signs of another spike.

Workers are being pushed to make big sacrifices during the lockdown—but things could get much worse as unemployment bites. Tomáš Tengely-Evans spoke to some of those affected, and argues that the crisis shows why we need a different system

In a humiliating reversal of policy, the government announced on Thursday that it is abandoning the contact-tracing app which it had said was vital to an effective “test and trace” system

Boris Johnson has announced a new government commission to look into racism in Britain. 

Secondary schools across England began opening to wider numbers of children on Monday of this week.

The Tories were patting themselves on the back this week—despite the official coronavirus death toll in Britain climbing to over 40,000 and millions of workers facing unemployment. 

The Tory government promised to help care for homeless people during the  pandemic. But now the measures adopted are ending, writes Sadie Robinson 

Health bosses fear the Covid-19 crisis could see the number of people waiting for NHS treatment double to ten million by the end of the year.

‘No. The prime minister would not agree that this is a racist country,” said Boris Johnson’s spokesperson on Monday.