Search results for ‘Benefits’
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FactCheck: a Lord’s daily expenses could be higher than a month of Universal Credit
Members of the House of Lords are not paid a salary, but they can claim a daily attendance rate of £323.
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Number of people who are denied financial support during lockdown revealed
It’s estimated there are more than a million living in the UK under certain immigration conditions that give them no rights to benefits, a status known as ‘no recourse to public funds’.
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Exclusive: UK government was advised to have lockdown two weeks earlier
We have seen a report from a top scientist from 9 March, warning that the UK’s then “mitigation” approach could lead to 1.7 million deaths.
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FactCheck: has coronavirus destroyed more jobs than the Great Recession?
What we know so far about the effects of the crisis on unemployment.
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UK unemployment claimants rise to 2.1m – as lockdown hits young workers
The figures for April show the biggest month-on-month jump since records began in 1971.
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US unemployment rivals Great Depression with 36m jobless
The total is more than 36 million – numbers now rivalling the figures of the Great depression in the 1930s.
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Coronavirus explained: does wearing a face mask protect you from Covid-19?
Will a face covering really protect you from Covid-19?
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FactCheck: the new coronavirus lockdown rules
Here’s what we learned today about going outdoors, meeting family, schools reopening, face coverings and social distancing.
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FactCheck: how close are we to a cure for coronavirus?
Some recent drug trials have produced disappointing results and there is still no approved treatment for Covid-19.
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US unemployment claims top 20 million since virus shutdown
More than 20 million people in the US have now applied for unemployment benefits in the last month.
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Exams grades in England to be decided by teacher assessment, mocks and coursework
Today the exam regulator in England said GCSE and A-Level grades would be awarded based on mock exam results, teacher assessments and coursework.
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FactCheck: chloroquine death shows why people should not self-medicate
A man died in the US after taking chloroquine days after US President Donald Trump heavily backed it as a possible coronavirus treatment.
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DWP pay out close to £1million to Windrush victims
This programme has learned that the Department of Work and Pensions has had to pay close to a million pounds of unpaid benefits to Windrush victims of the Government’s ‘hostile’ immigration environment.
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FactCheck: what is herd immunity?
If enough people become immune to an illness – because they’ve already had it or been vaccinated – the disease can’t spread anymore, so even people who aren’t immune probably won’t catch it.
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FactCheck: why hasn’t Britain closed its schools?
Boris Johnson has said that closing schools could do “more harm than good”.