‘Sixty-seven per cent of wages doesn’t cut it!’ Northern leaders hold out for more lockdown money

Political leaders in English areas being forced into new lockdown tiers from tomorrow are trying to extract extra cash from the Government, claiming plans to prop up businesses and workers’ wages don’t go far enough. They reacted today after Rishi Sunak last night reiterated his new furlough scheme covering two-thirds of staff pay in firms … Read more

Sixty-seven patients died amid ‘toxic’ feud at NHS heart unit, report finds 

Sixty-seven patients died amid ‘toxic’ feud at NHS heart unit, report finds A review has found ‘significant shortcomings’ at St George’s Hospital in Tooting The hospital’s cardiac unit has almost twice the national mortality rate A leak suggested poor relationships at the unit contributed to the failures A toxic feud escalated to the point a … Read more