Boris Johnson refuses to rule out Covid bonus for NHS staff amid fury over a 1 per cent pay offer

Boris Johnson refuses to rule out following Scotland’s example and giving NHS staff a Covid bonus amid fury over a 1 per cent pay rise offer – as it is revealed three-quarters of those who would receive the real-terms pay cut are women By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 14:33 GMT, 8 March … Read more

Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years

Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years sparking fears of brain drain from state system New research shows number of staff on six figures has risen by 25% since 2019 Sunday Times Private School pay list features 200 private schools and salaries Eton College topped … Read more

Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years

Number of private school tutors paid more than £100,000-a-year soars by 25 per cent in two years sparking fears of brain drain from state system New research shows number of staff on six figures has risen by 25% since 2019 Sunday Times Private School pay list features 200 private schools and salaries Eton College topped … Read more

Nurses fury as ministers offer them ‘pitiful’ pay rise of just ONE PER CENT as Covid reward

Nurses’ fury as ministers offer them ‘pitiful’ pay rise of just ONE PER CENT after a year at the forefront of the battle against coronavirus By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 18:22 GMT, 4 March 2021 | Updated: 18:33 GMT, 4 March 2021 Nurses reacted with fury tonight after ministers offered them a … Read more

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after pandemic if 1.3million migrants don’t return

Britain’s population could shrink by two per cent after the coronavirus pandemic if 1.3million ‘missing’ migrant workers who left during crisis don’t return, watchdog warns A report says Britain’s population is ‘substantially smaller’ than official statistics Up to 1.3million people have left in the past year due to the Covid pandemic Brexit rules mean migrants … Read more

NHS Test and Trace is 25 PER CENT more successful in parts of Essex than in Bradford

Test and Trace is missing a third of people who may be infected with coronavirus in parts of England, according to official data which highlights a disparity in the £22billion programme.  Statistics released by the Department of Health show a North-South divide has emerged in the success of the scheme, which experts say is crucial … Read more

Unemployment rises to 5.1 per cent as ‘furlough extended’

Unemployment has risen again to a five-year high of 5.1 per cent as Rishi Sunak prepares to extend the huge furlough scheme for months more. Official figures showed that in the three months to December the rate went up by 0.1 per cent compared to the equivalent period to November. The increase – hitting younger … Read more

Coronavirus: German scientist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ it leaked from Wuhan lab

German scientist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ that coronavirus leaked from Wuhan lab after WHO dismissed the theory German physicist says he is ‘99.9 per cent sure’ coronavirus leaked from a lab  Dr Roland Wiesendanger says failure of scientists to discover a host animal, along with safety deficiencies at lab have convinced him of … Read more

Brave toddler endures 50 operations after suffering burns to 94 PER CENT of his body

A brave toddler has endured 50 surgeries after suffering burns to 94 per cent of his body when he climbed into a scalding hot bath – but his mother says he still ‘won’t stop smiling’.  Jessica-Leigh Cox, from Warwick, is warning parents to check how hot their water is after her 19-month-old son Jenson Smith … Read more

UK inflation increased to 0.7 per cent in January

UK inflation increased to 0.7 per cent in January because of higher food prices and more expensive household goods as shops offered fewer discounts on major items like beds and sofas UK inflation increased to 0.7 per cent in January from 0.6 per cent in December Rise showed by Office for National Statistics data ahead … Read more