The £5.5bn PPE scandal that goes to the core of government incompetence – and that’s just for starters
A multi-million pound personal protective equipment (PPE) contract awarded by the UK government to a family-run investments firm has set off ...
Tag: Coronavirus
Canary articles all about coronavirus (Covid-19), the pandemic, and governments’ responses to it
A new report reveals how the government has, once more, massively failed disabled people
An extensive survey, carried out by and for disabled people in Greater Manchester, has shown how the government has massively ...
Britain won’t join EU coronavirus vaccine purchase scheme, says Hancock
Health Secretary said signing up to the EU plan would mean dropping UK procurement efforts which are more advanced.
16 homeless people known to have died with coronavirus – Office of National Statistics
The ONS said the figure may be an underestimate of the true number of homeless people who have died with ...
Care homes simply failed to follow the advice we did not provide
Image description: A person who looks like Boris Johnson, wearing suit and a yellow safety jacket, is saying "Care homes ...
World Health Organisation experts visit China to discuss coronavirus probe
One animal health expert and one epidemiologist will try and establish the scope of an inquiry.
South African province prepares graves as coronavirus hits ‘full speed’
The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said it is good to plan for a ...
The number of foodbank parcels given out has skyrocketed during pandemic
More than 90,000 emergency food parcels were given out in May by members of the Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN).
Workers at the Ministry of Justice win campaign for ‘full pay sick pay’
The Ministry of Justice has been pressured into granting cleaners, security guards and other outsourced staff full pay for any ...
The most alarming detail in Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus recovery speech yesterday
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled his coronavirus (Covid-19) recovery plan on 8 July. Though the media is making much of measures ...
Coronavirus puts more strain on NHS waiting lists
The figure is more than double the number in May 2019 (576,237) and the highest number for any calendar month ...
India records almost 25,000 new coronavirus cases
The reproduction rate of the virus ticked up in the first week of July to about 1.2, researchers said.
The Tory children’s minister was just branded a ‘liar’ over free school meals claims
The Tory government's children's minister has been repeatedly accused of lying over claims she made that parents were spending free ...
Is modern slavery the reason behind the Leicester lockdown?
Last week, Leicester saw soaring rates of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, and enforced a local additional lockdown, an unprecedented move in ...
Confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hit three million
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States has hit three million, according to the count kept ...
Five things we learned from Rishi Sunak’s mini-Budget
The Government is prepared to spend up to £30bn to help protect jobs and the economy.
Sunak backtracks on plan to tax workers who get Covid-19 tests from employers
The Chancellor said he would exempt the tests from income tax and National Insurance after he was warned of its ...
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