The devastating way that pupils’ attainment levels and ability to study have plummeted because of school closures is laid bare today. One in three parents say that their children’s sense of educational fulfilment has been damaged, with the poorest being worst affected. Approximately half say their ability to concentrate has suffered in lockdown while more … Read more
Train fares will be frozen until March… before soaring by 2.6%: Passengers will bear the brunt of Government’s bailout of rail companies during pandemic Fares usually rise in January and are linked to the retail prices index (RPI) The cost of an average annual season ticket will go up from £3,064 to £3,144 Fare rise … Read more
Young women are ‘bearing the brunt’ of coronavirus during the disease’s resurgence, government scientific advisers have warned. Analysis of hospital records shows there has been a significant rise in the number of females aged 20 to 40 being admitted for serious Covid-19 infection since August. SAGE suspects the rise is due to women in this … Read more
Care homes in England may have seen the highest number of deaths from coronavirus in the UK. Stark figures show mortality rates rose to more than twice their normal level at the height of the pandemic. Over the first 16 weeks of the outbreak, there were 79 per cent more deaths in care homes than … Read more
Boris Johnson will promise that workers who bore brunt of austerity WON’T have pay to revamp economy after coronavirus as he vows to usher in ‘decade of investment’ PM will unveil ‘decade of investment’ in an infrastructure spending spree Expected to stand in contract to 2008 bank bailouts which saw workers suffer Rishi Sunak will expect … Read more