MORE than a million people have fallen through the cracks of the government’s coronavirus financial support schemes, MPs warned in a report published today.
The Treasury select committee called on ministers to fill “critical gaps” in the schemes by finding ways to protect hundreds of thousands of freelancers and recently employed workers.
They said that Chancellor Rishi Sunak must live up to his promise to do “whatever it takes” to help people through the economic crisis brought on by the pandemic.
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The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES