Coronavirus
25 February 2021
Serco, probably Britain’s most hated firm, has been coining it in during the pandemic. In fact, it’s made so much money that it now plans a handout to shareholders.
23 February 2021
At least 30,000 more people will have died from Covid-19 because of the end of lockdown measures—and that’s if everything goes better than expected.
23 February 2021
The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest producer of vaccines, with the ability to produce 1.5 billion doses per year.
23 February 2021
The scandal of private contracts in the NHS has focused this week on health secretary Matt Hancock’s dodgy dealings during the pandemic.
22 February 2021
Boris Johnson’s plan to fully reopen all schools in England on 8 March will put many more lives at risk.
19 February 2021
Working class people’s living standards could take a further hit with warnings that inflation could rise above 2 percent.
18 February 2021
A meeting heard calls to organise in every school to make sure people know their rights and know how to use them effectively
16 February 2021
Boris Johnson called the delivery of 15 million vaccines since December an “extraordinary feat”.It is an achievement—but it’s not his.
15 February 2021
The fight is on to force the Tories to keep the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit (UC).
15 February 2021
Boris Johnson has made a show of pretending to ‘face down’ Tory MPs demanding an end to all restrictions by April. But he is pushing for his own timetable—regardless of virus levels
15 February 2021
Workers at a dangerously overcrowded government office in Swansea were set to ballot for strikes from Thursday of this week.
15 February 2021
How long will NHS workers have to wait for their long overdue pay rise?
14 February 2021
Take up of the coronavirus vaccine has been much higher than expected. A quarter of the British adult population is now vaccinated.
14 February 2021
International students were encouraged to come to Britain despite the pandemic, so universities could make money from them. Now lockdowns, job cuts and a lack of support have left many struggling to survive, reports Sophie Squire
12 February 2021
Ruthba goes to work every day in a sector that’s “filled with fear” and where “stress levels are through the roof”.
12 February 2021
Care home workers were left without personal protective equipment (PPE) early in the pandemic, MPs have said.
10 February 2021
A report published by the Women and Equalities Committee has warned the Tories are “turning the clock back” on gender equality.
09 February 2021
Boris Johnson bragged last week that, in terms of Covid-19 border controls, Britain has “one of the toughest regimes in the world”.
08 February 2021
A private firm has fired hundreds of NHS Test and Trace workers despite warnings that the system should remain a vital part of controlling Covid-19.
08 February 2021
Hundreds of workers in a dangerously overcrowded government workplace in Swansea met last week after threatening to strike.