Search results for ‘benefits’
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Will public support for free school meals change attitudes to the welfare system?
Charities say it’s time to reform the benefit system to create a more permanent solution.
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FactCheck: could Trump try to declare victory before the count is over?
Mr Trump has made repeated complaints about the role postal ballots are likely to play in this election, saying: “I think it’s a terrible thing when ballots can be collected after an election.”
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FactCheck: Johnson’s questionable universal credit claim
The government didn’t offer us any evidence that it lifted 200,000 people out of absolute poverty.
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Steroids found to reduce risk of death in sickest coronavirus patients
A new study has shown that cheap and easily available steroids can cut the risk of death for seriously ill coronavirus patients by 20 per cent.
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Britain’s seaside towns struggle after coronavirus – despite boost in tourism
Britain’s beaches have been packed recently, as coronavirus prompts millions to swap foreign holidays for a staycation. But there has been precious little benefit for our struggling seaside towns.
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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.