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The death toll of a coronavirus outbreak in a care home linked to a Father Christmas party for the elderly last month has reached 27. The Mol care centre in northern Belgium had organised a December 4 visit of the beloved figure who usually spreads mirth and presents, but there is a possibility the actor … Read more
Britain’s Covid-19 R rate is now above one again, the Government’s top scientists revealed today after a separate report revealed cases rose in England last week for the first time in a month and amid growing fears of a tougher post-Christmas lockdown. SAGE estimates the crucial reproduction rate – how many people an infected patient … Read more
Tasers were used by police in 32,000 incidents last year, rocketing by more than a third on the year before. In the year to March, the stun guns were deployed 88 times a day on average in England and Wales, Home Office figures reveal – up 36.7 per cent from 23,451 deployments the previous year. … Read more
Fans of the steamy BBC dealing room drama Industry will be less than impressed at the flimsy evidence on which multi-million-pound trades on foreign exchange markets are made. A combination of guile, instinct and, occasionally, hard data drives trends. Currency dealers may have little more direct insight as to what is going on in the … Read more
Number of public sector workers earning more than £150,000 rises by 6% in a year amid coronavirus meltdown with HS2 chief top on £620,000 package The government has released its updated list of public sector ‘high earners’ It shows some 552 workers were paid more than £150,000 as of last September HS2 chief Mark Thurston … Read more
The UK’s coronavirus reproduction rate has risen for the first time since October, according to the Government’s scientist — but official data shows infections fell again in the first week of December. SAGE, Number 10’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, estimates the R number is between 0.9 and 1.0, having risen from 0.8 and 1.0 a … Read more
London shares hit a nine-month high as FTSE 100 rises by 0.9% or 60 points to 6,550 amid hopes coronavirus vaccine will help business bounce back (but will there be a ‘Santa Rally’?) FTSE 100 rose by nearly 1 per cent to its highest level since March 5 yesterday The rise took gains since the … Read more
Rapid economic recovery next year could allow Rishi Sunak to delay tax rises until 2022, ministers hope Chancellor Rishi Sunak refused to commit to the Tories’ triple tax lock Senior Treasury ministers are waiting until the end of the coronavirus pandemic A source told The Telegraph tax rises would not come any time soon Mr … Read more
Britons face £46billion of tax rises and spending cuts to start getting the government’s spiralling debt under control, the Treasury watchdog warned today. In a bloodcurdling assessment of the situation, the Office for Budget Responsibility said state borrowing is expected to hit £394billion this year as the coronavirus wipes 11.3 per cent off GDP. The … Read more
Stock market creeps up 0.49% or 31 points to 6,382 after Oxford and AstraZeneca announce vaccine success with Boris Johnson set to reveal details of new Covid winter battle plan later today City awaits Boris Johnson’s plans for a strengthened three-tier system of rules FTSE 100 index of Britain’s leading firms up by 0.49% or … Read more