Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley pressured by MPs over factory worker’s safety By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 25 March 2020 Sports Direct has been pressured by MPs to explain what it is doing to protect its workers from coronavirus. Mike Ashley, boss of … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Rishi Sunak baulks over a bailout for Britain’s 5m self-employed workers By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 March 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 25 March 2020 The demands from Britain’s 5m selfemployed and freelance workers for a parallel bail-out to those on Paye has been unrelenting, and a … Read more
Boris Johnson was berated over the failure to bail out self-employed workers today as the benefits system struggles to cope with the coronavirus fallout. The PM insisted government is working ‘as fast as possible’ despite warnings that millions have lost their incomes due to the ‘social distancing’ lockdown. There are signs that Chancellor Rishi Sunak … Read more
London’s Tube trains are packed again today as Sadiq Khan was accused of ‘risking lives’ after he insisted he cannot increase services because one in five staff are already off sick or self-isolating. MailOnline can reveal that during rush hour today some London Underground lines are currently only running one train up to every twenty … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Apple’s iPhone maker Foxconn hires enough workers to meet ‘seasonal demand’ for this year’s smartphone after being closed for weeks due to the coronavirus Foxconn shut its factories down last month due to the coronavirus outbreak The firm re-opened, but only 10% of its staff had returned to work Foxconn says it has hired enough … Read more
Are thugs targeting NHS workers on their way to fight coronavirus? Social media users share wild rumours of alleged assaults ‘for ID cards’ Social media users have bee claiming that NHS are being targetted by thieves Reports emerged in Twitter that of incidents where staff were being mugged Metropolitan Police said they had not received any … Read more
Americans across the country are beginning to sew face masks at home in a desperate battle to meet the drastic need for protective equipment for healthcare workers fighting on the front lines against the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors have issued a stark warning about the dire need for more personal protective equipment such as face masks … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing fury today over his apparent failure to support self-employed workers during the coronavirus crisis amid claims he will soon offer them 80 per cent of their incomes to stop them falling into poverty. The Prime Minister met with his Cabinet in Number 10 this morning, just hours after he put the UK … Read more