The government spent £569m buying 20,900 ventilators to keep people alive during the Covid-19 pandemic but lack of demand means NHS hospitals have used just a few of them. All but 2,150 of the machines it bought are still being
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Tory MPs call for more help for businesses in wake of latest Covid curbs
Conservative MPs have stepped up pressure on the chancellor to renew support for businesses hit by the latest coronavirus restrictions, as backbenchers warned the prime minister they are unlikely to support many more curbs on freedoms. A number of Tory
Revealed: NHS denied PPE at height of Covid-19 as supplier prioritised China
The NHS was deprived of large amounts of protective gear at the height of the coronavirus outbreak after a French company contracted to supply millions of masks allegedly prioritised more lucrative deals with deep-pocketed clients including a Chinese state-owned energy
While supermarket workers get extra praise, their bosses get extra pay
Cashing in on coronavirus is a bad look. Supermarkets have seen a surge of as much as 50% in sales, reports Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC), which scrutinises companies’ good governance. Yet supermarkets have been gifted millions in a business
America begins to unlock for summer – but is it inviting a disastrous second wave?
Monday is Memorial Day – the traditional start of the American summer. Shutters are going up, doors are being unlocked, barriers removed. Every state is relaxing quarantine rules to some extent, betting that the country finally has Covid-19 under control.
Vulnerable not exempt from furlough winding down, employers told
Government wage subsidies for disabled and vulnerable workers could be drastically scaled back from August under Treasury plans to wind down its Covid-19 furlough scheme, employers’ groups have warned. Charities and social enterprise employers have been told by the government
UK fashion industry pleads for more aid to survive Covid-19 crisis
The British fashion industry has called for more financial aid from the government amid fears that Covid-19 crisis could wipe out half of the sector. On the day the British Fashion Council (BFC) announced the recipients for its £1m emergency
Deliveroo was the poster child for venture capitalism. It’s not looking so good now
If any company can weather coronavirus well, it should be Deliveroo. The early days of lockdown saw demand surge for the service delivering food from restaurants and takeaways. The decision by several major restaurant and fast-food chains to shut for
Experts warn of mental health fallout from mass US unemployment
The US faces a catastrophic rise in unemployment following the forced shutdown of businesses across the country to stop the spread of Covid-19 – and experts are warning it could trigger a severe mental health crisis. In just two weeks,
Coronavirus is shining a light on the wretched universal credit system
British governments are notoriously bad at recognising a crisis until it impacts them, or their class, directly. London’s pioneering sanitation system was not developed until the cholera epidemics of the early 19th century had reached parliament’s windows, with the “Great