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• NHS coronavirus bereavement scheme extended to low-paid workers

  20-05-2020 21:01
  
  GMB union described initial omission of cleaners, porters and social care workers as an ‘outrageous scandal’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA bereavement scheme granting indefinite leave to remain in the UK to relatives of foreign national NHS staff who die from Covid-19 has been extended to low-paid workers after their exclusion attracted criticism from Labour, trade unions and workers.The scheme, introduced last month, was intended to offer securit
  
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• UK coronavirus: official death toll rises by 363 to 35,704 – as it happened

  20-05-2020 20:07
  
  PM pledges UK-wide tracing by 1 June; justice secretary says policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacityUK universities facing £760m hit as one in five students plan to defer
  MPs fear ‘two-tier’ Commons if lockdown lifted in UK parliamentDowning Street lobby briefing - summaryFears over capacity for social distancing as England faces 29c weatherCoronavirus global updates – live 6.58pm BST Here’s a closing summary of the main develop
  
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• UK coronavirus live: official death toll rises by 363 to 35,704

  20-05-2020 19:04
  
  PM pledges UK-wide tracing by 1 June; justice secretary says policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacityUK universities facing £760m hit as one in five students plan to defer
  MPs fear ‘two-tier’ Commons if lockdown lifted in UK parliamentDowning Street lobby briefing - SummaryFears over capacity for social distancing as England faces 29c weatherCoronavirus global updates – live 5.56pm BST So many people have headed to the north Devon coas
  
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• Sinister immigration bill makes me ashamed to be British | Letters

  20-05-2020 18:31
  
  Readers are dismayed by the government’s hypocrisy over NHS and other key workersThe passing of the immigration bill and the continued evasion on the dropping of the NHS surcharge for non-British nationals working in essential jobs reveal two things about this government (Points-based UK immigration bill passes initial Commons stage, 18 May).First is its inability to recognise that this pandemic has changed our view of low-paid workers, both within and outside the NHS. And this is how we r
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Oliver Dowden leads daily briefing as official death toll rises by 363 to 35,704

  20-05-2020 18:09
  
  PM pledges UK-wide tracing by 1 June; justice secretary says policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacityUK universities facing £760m hit as one in five students plan to defer
  MPs fear ‘two-tier’ Commons if lockdown lifted in UK parliamentDowning Street lobby briefing - SummaryFears over capacity for social distancing as England faces 29c weatherCoronavirus global updates – live 5.09pm BST Dowden says the birthday honours list is being del
  
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• High blood pressure during and after exercise may be markers for disease later in life

  20-05-2020 14:41
  Higher blood pressure during exercise and delayed blood pressure recovery after exercise are associated with a higher risk of hypertension, preclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease and death among middle-aged to older adults.
  
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• Skye care home hit by 10 coronavirus deaths allowed to keep licence

  20-05-2020 14:20
  
  HC-One faced being stopped from running Home Farm after concerns over its managementCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe company that owns a care home on Skye where 10 residents have died in a Covid-19 outbreak has been allowed to continue running the site for at least three more weeks.HC-One, the UK’s largest care homes company, faced being stripped of its licence to run the Home Farm care home on Skye after a regulator said last week it had “serious
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson clashes with Keir Starmer at PMQs over track and test system

  20-05-2020 14:18
  
  Justice secretary Robert Buckland says government policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacity in March and AprilUK universities facing £760m hit as one in five students plan to defer
  MPs fear ‘two-tier’ Commons if lockdown lifted in UK parliamentFears over capacity for social distancing as England faces 29c weatherCoronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 1.07pm BST After two weeks when Sir Keir Starmer broadly had
  
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• UK coronavirus live: Boris Johnson faces Keir Starmer for PMQs

  20-05-2020 13:14
  
  Justice secretary Robert Buckland says government policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes due to limited testing capacity in March and AprilUp to 1,500 English primary schools to defy 1 June reopening planPlans for contact-tracing in doubt as app not ready until JuneCoronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.14pm BST Starmer says than 30,000 deaths is a serious matter. Of course he has to ask about this.This will be the last PMQs for two weeks. 12.12pm BST S
  
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• Petition calls for key workers to be exempt from London congestion charge

  20-05-2020 11:29
  
  No one should be financially penalised for working to keep people safe, say criticsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government and the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, are being urged to exempt key workers from the reimposed and increased congestion charge amid warnings it will penalise those serving the public during the pandemic.An £11.50 daily charge was reintroduced this week as a condition of a £1.6bn government bailout for Transport for London (
  
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• UK coronavirus live: minister confirms government policy was to protect NHS ahead of care homes

  20-05-2020 10:33
  
  Justice secretary Robert Buckland says ‘we did decide to focus upon the NHS’ due to limited testing capacity in March and AprilUp to 1,500 English primary schools to defy 1 June reopening planPlans for contact-tracing in doubt as app not ready until JuneCoronavirus global updates – liveSee all our coronavirus coverage 9.30am BST Q: What do you say about reports that in some jails extremists are running their own version of Sharia law?Priti Patel, the home secretary, tells LBC s
  
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• ‘Home Challenges’ campaign launched to help those in lockdown keep busy and have fun

  20-05-2020 09:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  Home Instead Senior Care has launched a campaign, ‘Home Challenges’ to keep people busy and having a bit of fun during lockdown. Dame Esther Rantzen, Founder of the The Silver Line, the only confidential, free helpline for older people in the UK, is supporting the campaign, and will be announcing a new challenge every week […]
  
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• Immigration bill shows UK ministers value strawberries more than people needing social care | Karolina Gerlich

  20-05-2020 09:31
  
  Covid-19 has shown how essential care workers are, but Tory policy suggests they’re less important than fruit pickersCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOver the past few weeks, I have been kept awake by worries about care workers.More than 130 in England and Wales have already died working on the frontline of the coronavirus crisis, having been let down by shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE), a lack of testing and little recognition that they are
  
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• Hampshire care provider takes steps to minimise coronavirus infection

  20-05-2020 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Hampshire care provider is washing uniforms in-house to minimise any infection risk to staff’s families during the coronavirus outbreak. Cornerstone Healthcare operates two specialist nursing homes; South Africa Lodge in Waterlooville and Kitnocks House in Curdridge.  The homes care for people with challenging behaviours associated with complex neurological, physical and mental health needs. The […]
  
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• Construction begins on West Sussex care home

  20-05-2020 06:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Work has begun on the construction of a ground-breaking 64 bed Hallmark care home which will provide residential and dementia care.   The new luxury development, which will be built by Hallmark’s sister company, Savista Developments is being built at a cost of £11 million on a 1.9-acre site at Pound Place, Roundstone Lane in […]
  
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