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(Bloomberg) — European governments are fast learning that they’ll have to live with aid programs to save jobs and businesses longer than thought to keep the economy from falling off a cliff. Across the continent, furlough programs that shielded close to 50 million jobs at the height of lockdowns, as …

The Independent employs reporters around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, please consider a contribution. Embargoed to 2230 Thursday 2 July Chancellor Rishi Sunak must extend furlough arrangements in areas like Leicester which are forced into local lockdowns and offer targeted support for businesses and sectors …

With every new development from his Californian base camp, with each fresh initiative that finds him strapping on his trusty crampons of wrath to scale new-found peaks of pique, I worry about Harry. I really do. He’s just so furious all the time! Whatever next for our little lost prince, …

THREE in four DIY swab kits are not being used despite being included in the testing tally. A total of 451,191 were sent out to worried Brits and care home residents in the week ending June 24. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates 4 …

Boris Johnson signalled today that the job furlough scheme that has paid the wages of millions at a cost of billions will not be extended any further. The Prime Minister complained that the scheme, due to run until October, was keeping people in ‘suspended animation’ and would come to a …

Catching up with some of its competitors in the parcel market, Royal Mail has rolled out the option for customers to change their delivery preference once a package has been dispatched. The company said this development follows a successful pilot of the service in the southeast of England. ‘) } …

Until now, kits were collected by courier, but the NHS says using Royal Mail postboxes would be faster. Separately, NHS England said the average … Source link

Prince Andrew is said to be ‘bewildered’ over the lack of response from US justice officials as the Royal Family brace themselves for new revelations after the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.  Andrew’s six-month standoff with the FBI deepened after Maxwell was detained for allegedly helping to lure underage girls who were …

Care home residents are at risk of becoming ‘homeless’ if the Government doesn’t prevent the collapse of struggling chains which have lost income during the Covid-19 pandemic, an expert has warned. Adam Gordon, a professor of the care of older people at Nottingham University, said many frail, vulnerable people are …

Save the Children Patron The Princess Royal, has marked the end of Save the Children’s hugely successful Save With Stories initiative by reading ‘Thomas and the Royal Engine’. The video, which has been shared on Save the Children UK’s Instagram page, is the final installment of the fundraising initiative which …