Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point?
Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines
Unions call for frontline UK workers to be prioritised for Covid vaccine
Unite wants key workers included alongside elderly and healthcare staff in early stages of immunisation
Government secures 5 million doses of Moderna vaccine
Vaccine could be delivered to the UK from Spring 2021 The UK government has completed negotiations with biotech company Moderna to secure access to 5 million doses of…
London gym owner fined £67,000 for refusing to close during lockdown
Andreas Michli finally shut his Wood Green gym after police stopped customers entering
Welsh move to cancel GCSE and A-level exams puts pressure on No 10
No plans to follow Wales, says Johnson spokesman, as unions say England is ‘lagging behind’
Before and after the start of England’s second lockdown – in pictures
England began its second nationwide lockdown on 5 November. Before-and-after photographs reveal the impact of the first days of the four-week stay-at-home order in which all non-essential shops and venues have to close.
Rishi Sunak extends Covid job furlough scheme until March 2021
Latest U-turn follows growing pressure for more support to protect jobs and the economy as second wave hits
‘I worry about the future’: workers fearful despite furlough extension
Firms are scrambling to put staff back on the scheme but it is too late for those made redundant
‘Shockdown’: what the Sunday papers say about England’s new Covid-19 lockdown
Several note Boris Johnson’s sharp ‘u-turn’ on the month-long restrictions starting on Thursday, while others say it’s needed to save the NHS
ONS finds 2m people still on furlough days before scheme ends
Findings come as chancellor is told new support measures not enough to protect jobs or firms