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• Supermarket and care staff in London could get key worker access to housing

  18-04-2021 13:00
  
  Sadiq Khan will consult on move to ‘recognise sacrifice’ of workers in pandemic, if re-electedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupermarket and care staff could be added to the list of key workers in London to give them preferential access to cheaper housing, as part of a new post-pandemic settlement being considered by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.A consultation on including the occupations alongside nurses, firefighters and other public servants w
  
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• Derby care home resident says ‘Bon Voyage’ to HRH Prince Philip

  18-04-2021 11:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Barry Freestone (90) a resident at Kiwi House Care Home in Alvaston, Derby looks back at fond memories of his time in the Navy, serving with HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh on the eve of his funeral.Barry served on HMS Chequers, a destroyer based in Malta which Prince Philip served on for a time before he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander, when the Duke finally took command of his own ship, the frigate HMS Magpie.Barry (right) enjoys life in the Navy     &nbs
  
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• If Boris Johnson has his way, a woman’s work will truly never be done | Catherine Bennett

  18-04-2021 08:45
  
  Once finally retired, female carers are the PM’s choice when it comes to looking after aged parentsDid we miss it? No, of the “clear plan” an incoming Boris Johnson promised within 12 months, thus differentiating his resolve from the way social care funding had been “shirked by governments for about 30 years”, there is still no sign. Nor of promised cross-party talks.Although to be fair, Matt Hancock, the health secretary, did ask every single MP and peer for any so
  
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