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Heather Hallett hails vaccine scheme but criticises rule that only those meeting 60% disabled threshold can get payoutsThe UK’s Covid vaccination programme was “an extraordinary feat” with protective jabs developed and delivered in record time, but work is now needed...
Blue Labour gets bluer with MP’s noble quest for a summer of sex | John Crace
Samantha Niblett says her campaign is about ‘taking control of our Britishness’ – bring on the union jack dildosWe could almost be back in the San Francisco of the 1960s. Tune in, turn on, drop out. Make love not war. A hippy counterculture that turned its back on the...
News of BBC jobs cuts ‘real concern‘, says UK’s culture secretary
Lisa Nandy says BBC staff have been strongly affected and have expressed frustration that high-paid presenters and executives are unlikely to be affectedThe BBC’s sudden announcement of 2,000 job cuts has had a “very strong effect” on staff, the UK’s culture...
Scottish retailers dismiss SNP proposal to cap price of essential foods as a ‘potty gimmick’ – UK politics live
Scottish Retail Consortium blames rising supply chain and commodity costs as it also hits out at ‘relentless rises in statutory costs imposed by government’ Swinney says this is a manifesto for the whole of Scotland.He confirms that the SNP would argue for the...