Latest updates: Labour leader urges ministers to consult with local leaders over increased restrictions and stop ‘Whitehall knows best’ approach
- Sunak plans 80% furlough wage extension in local lockdown areas
- Keir Starmer blasts ‘Whitehall knows best’ Covid attitude
- Hospitals in north of England ‘to run out of Covid beds within a week’
- Scotland’s drinking ban in chaos over meaning of cafe
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There were an average of 17,200 new cases per day of Covid-19 in private households in England between 25 September and 1 October, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
This is up from an estimated 8,400 new cases per day for the period from 18 to 24 September.
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A UK government jobs quiz aimed at identifying potential new areas of work provides a string of unhelpful career suggestions including lock-keeping and boxing as well as currently precarious posts including airline pilot and cinema projectionist, users have complained.
Rishi Sunak’s warning that the coronavirus pandemic would force employees to adapt to find work has prompted much interest in the beta version of the career assessment tool. But some of the results it has produced, based on answers to 50 questions, have prompted mirth and despair among users.
Related: Boxer or lock-keeper? Government careers quiz scorned by users
Continue reading…Latest updates: Labour leader urges ministers to consult with local leaders over increased restrictions and stop ‘Whitehall knows best’ approachSunak plans 80% furlough wage extension in local lockdown areasKeir Starmer blasts ‘Whitehall knows best’ Covid attitudeHospitals in north of England ‘to run out of Covid beds within a week’Scotland’s drinking ban in chaos over meaning of cafeGlobal coronavirus updates – live 12.17pm BSTThere were an average of 17,200 new cases per day of Covid-19 in private households in England between 25 September and 1 October, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).This is up from an estimated 8,400 new cases per day for the period from 18 to 24 September. 12.02pm BSTA UK government jobs quiz aimed at identifying potential new areas of work provides a string of unhelpful career suggestions including lock-keeping and boxing as well as currently precarious posts including airline pilot and cinema projectionist, users have complained.Rishi Sunak’s warning that the coronavirus pandemic would force employees to adapt to find work has prompted much interest in the beta version of the career assessment tool. But some of the results it has produced, based on answers to 50 questions, have prompted mirth and despair among users. Related: Boxer or lock-keeper? Government careers quiz scorned by users Continue reading…