The Scottish Government is exploring whether a public inquiry into care home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic could cover all four nations of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed. Scotland’s
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Charities supporting the clinically vulnerable have accused the Government of causing “untold amounts of stress”, after new guidance on shielding was published just hours ahead of the start of a
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Opposition parties at Holyrood have united to demand the Scottish Government holds an immediate public inquiry into coronavirus deaths in care homes. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly said such
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The Government has come under renewed criticism over the paucity of its guidance on safe visits to care homes as England enters its second national lockdown. Campaign groups and charities
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The number of coronavirus patients in Wales needing critical care is less than half of what it was during the peak of the virus despite rising hospital admissions, the chief
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MPs have called for explanations after it emerged that the head of the Government’s vaccine taskforce might have revealed potentially sensitive information to conference attendees last week. Angela Rayner, Labour’s
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The Government is being urged to give the care sector emergency funding of £3.9 billion to help it cope with the second wave of the pandemic. Unison joined forces with
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Wales will have its hardest border with England for “several centuries” after the Welsh firebreak is lifted next week, First Minister Mark Drakeford has said. Travelling between the two countries
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Scotland’s First Minister has said she will consider whether to impose another national lockdown now the furlough scheme has been extended. Nicola Sturgeon said she hopes to hear from the
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Tony Blair would not have deemed allegations of child sexual abuse involving former Labour MP Greville Janner a reason to prevent him being appointed to the House of Lords, an
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