Outbreak continues to grow and cases remain primarily in gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men (GBMSM), within interconnected sexual networks. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has published its second technical briefing on the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.
New body to strengthen and sustain the sector. Proposals for an independent Scottish Public Interest Journalism Institute have been welcomed by the Scottish Government.
Statement by Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States on the Establishment of the Partners in the Blue Pacific (PBP). A new initiative for more effective and efficient cooperation in support of Pacific Island priorities The Pacific Islands region is home to nearly a fifth of the Earth's surface and many of its most urgent challenges, from the climate crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic to growing pressure on the rules-based free and open international order.
From the food foundation tracker. On Wednesday, figures from the ONS revealed that overall inflation has increased even further to 9.1% in the 12 months to May 2022, reaching another 40 year high.
New exports of Russian gold will no longer be allowed to be enter the UK, Canada, US and Japan thanks to tough new measures to be announced at the G7 Summit. UK, US, Japan and Canada will lead G7 to ban import of Russian gold, the country's biggest non-energy export.
SIX YEARS ON, THERE'S NO PLAN TO DEAL WITH THE BREXIT DAMAGE. David Smith economist sets out here how things have been and are going wrong as he and others predicted once we left the EU.
Retail trade union Usdaw has a delegation of members, reps and officials attending the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) annual young workers' conference, taking place this weekend in Glasgow. Usdaw is highlighting the increasing automation in the workplace and the potential impact on jobs; alongside the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the mental health of young workers.
See the video. UK Deaths - 179,927 World Deaths - 6,349,701 For all countries see https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/.
The UK government is helping with the cost of living but some things are left out. There has not been any suggestion to help people in rural areas who heat their homes with oil.
The Government's retail figures for May make grim reading, with the amount of goods we bought falling by -0.5% even though the amount we spent actually rose by 0.6%. ParcelHero says it is no wonder as 93% of consumers complained the cost of their food shop increased during the month.
This is an interview on BBC Radio Kent yesterday morning on the cost of living crisis. See below for the link to the interview.
The RMT union leader Mick Lynch calmly stands up to the aggressive questioning from the media. He is totally unphased by the questions and makes the questioners look silly.
Retail trade union Usdaw has released results from their cost of living survey. They show that low-paid workers, many of them delivering essential services, are already struggling to make ends meet and fear further jumps in inflation.
Business operating in the short term letting market may think this is the worst time to add more cost to running what for many is a small business. The Highland Council has set in motion the plans required by the Scottish government to control who can an cannot operate in the region.
The Highland Council wants to hear the views of residents, visitors, interested groups and organisations on the Council's short term let draft policy statement and proposed additional conditions for a licence. Earlier this year the Scottish Parliament approved legislation to introduce a new licensing scheme for short-term let properties, which is due to come into effect on 1 October this year.
UNISON Scotland's Health Committee - UNISON's senior decision making body in health and which represents UNISON health workers across Scotland - will ballot UNISON health members on whether they wish to accept or reject the latest pay offer from the Scottish Government. After speaking to health workers across UNISON Scotland branches and in hospitals and community health settings, the committee will now ballot UNISON members, in a consultative ballot, with a recommendation to reject the pay offer - following discussion this afternoon.
UKHSA issues COVID-19 vaccination reminder as Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 become dominant in the UK, driving increase in infections The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is reminding people to ensure their COVID-19 vaccinations are up to date and to continue following COVID-safe behaviours, as latest technical data indicates BA.4 and BA.5 have become dominant in the UK and are driving the recent increase in infections. The UKHSA's COVID-19 variant technical briefing 43, published today, includes epidemiological analysis that shows that Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 now make up more than half of new COVID-19 cases in England, accounting for approximately 22% and 39% of cases, respectively.
1.Main points In the most recent week (week ending 18 June for England, Wales and Northern Ireland; week ending 17 June for Scotland): There was an increase in the percentage of people testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, likely caused by infections compatible with Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5. In England, the estimated number of people testing positive for COVID-19 was 1,360,600 (95% credible interval: 1,285,600 to 1,438,200), equating to 2.50% of the population or around 1 in 40 people.
One of the UK's most iconic nuclear plants has completed a key last job before operations end next month. Staff at Sellafield's Magnox Reprocessing Plant have safely reprocessed the final box of spent fuel from the UK’s fast reactor programme being stored in the plant’s ponds.
The 2021-22 Provisional Outturn has been published detailing how the Scottish Government spent £47 billion on funding key public services to mitigate the impacts of the Covid pandemic and help tackle rising cost of living pressures. The remaining £650 million of available funding has been carried over through the Scotland Reserve and allocated to support key priorities for 2022-23, which include tackling child poverty and striving towards our climate change targets.
