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Key workers are building a better future
BRENDA AITCHISON argues only better funding for local authorities will bring true recognition of how key 'key workers' actually are
A gardener puts the finishing touches to a floral display thanking the NHS and key workers outside Birmingham City Council House

WHEN the July edition of Vogue magazine was posted through my door by my lovely key-worker postman, there wasn’t the usual cover star of model or actor. Rather staring out under the headline of The New Front Line was Anisa Omar, a supermarket assistant.

Vogue published three different covers for July, the other two covers featured Rachael Miller, a midwife, and Narguis Horsford, a train driver.

At the beginning of this year key worker was not a term used much in the media, certainly not in Vogue. However, that was from a time before the Covid-19 pandemic was declared in March by the World Health Organisation.

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