Care workers and community nurses are still struggling to do their jobs safely and with adequate protective gear, with experts saying they are “frustrated at the lack of pace”. Weeks
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Dozens of child poverty charities are braced to close within half a year if they are not able to replace funds lost due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Childhood Trust
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Healthcare workers need clarity from ministers about what risks they should not have to take if they do not have adequate personal protective equipment, the British Medical Association has said.
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Parents should be financially compensated during the Covid-19 outbreak as childcare should be recognised as full-time work, a new report says. A paper by the Institute for Public Policy Research
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Shortages in supplies of protective equipment for health workers has led to a desperate NHS procurement chief tweeting “God help us all”. Protective gowns for frontline staff were not included
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The Prime Minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, is self-isolating after developing coronavirus-like symptoms, a Number 10 source has confirmed. Mr Cummings (pictured) becomes the latest member of the Downing Street
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Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister said he will continue to lead the “national fightback” against the virus despite being forced
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Childline has delivered more than 900 counselling sessions to children worried about coronavirus – the majority taking place in the last week. The service said it has seen a “huge
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The Government has asked local authorities in England to house all rough sleepers and those in hostels and night shelters by the weekend, the charity Crisis said. The letter, sent
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The Government has ordered 10,000 ventilators to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, billionaire entrepreneur Sir James Dyson has said. In an email to staff, the inventor said his eponymous company
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