Greensill ‘persistently’ lobbied Treasury to join Covid support schemes
Permanent secretary Sir Tom Scholar told MPs that David Cameron rang him directly on his mobile phone.
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Anti-corruption organisation raises concerns over £3.7bn-worth of Covid contracts
Transparency International UK said those with political access appeared to be favoured.
Brits worse hit by Covid because of inequality and low welfare support
British families had lower savings, more debt and less welfare help than European nations.
Global Covid-19 death toll passes devastating three million mark
The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the US, is about equal to the population of Kyiv or metropolitan Lisbon.
Zero-hours workers are twice as likely to die from Covid-19
Insecure workers account for one-in-nine of the total workforce - with women, disabled people and BAME workers more likely to have precarious jobs.
Covid-19 pressure causes NHS waiting lists to hit record highs
NHS England said a total of 4.7 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of February 2021.
Bottoms up! Drink sales 114% higher than pre-Covid as pubs reopen
Sales jumped by 113.8 per cent on the first day of outdoor trading, compared with the same day in 2019.
Boris admits lockdown is ‘main reason’ for drop in Covid deaths as cases in Sweden soar
Sweden now has the highest new Covid cases per person in Europe. The UK, on the other hand, has the lowest.
Anti-lockdown Sweden records highest Covid case rate in Europe
A total of 391 Covid-19 patients received intensive care treatment in Sweden on Monday, according to data from the country’s Intensive Care Register.