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It is possible to refuse to go back to work. Teachers in the NEU union have said it clearest. They’ve laid out five tests that have to be met before they can agree it’s safe to open schools.

Workers in low-paid and manual jobs are up to four times more likely to die of coronavirus, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Firefighters have attacked the government and building owners as a parliamentary committee’s cladding survey highlighted widespread safety failings.

The Tory push to end the lockdown will hit those in low-paid, insecure work hardest.

More than 8,000 more people have died at home since the start of the coronavirus crisis than would have done in normal times.

Parents and school workers have reacted with fear and fury to Boris Johnson’s announcement that schools could start to reopen from next month.

Boris Johnson has opened the door to herd people back to work before it is safe. But widespread support for keeping the lockdown stopped him from going as far as he wanted in his speech on Sunday night.

Workers fear unemployment and poverty if the Tories slash the Job Retention Scheme

Trade unionists and campaigners are staging a day of action to demand “no return to unsafe workplaces”.

Many parents across England have been unable to access vouchers or meals to support children while schools are closed due to the crisis.

Media pundits and right wing Labour politicians are hugely impressed by Labour leader Keir Starmer’s response to the coronavirus. Few ordinary people will have noticed.

The latest bombshell to explode in the government’s face has hit its claim to base its policy for the Covid-19 pandemic on “the science” or “the evidence”