People with underlying health conditions and unpaid carers are beginning to receive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations. Priority group 6 is one of the largest on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) list.
Controversial EU Vnuk motor insurance law may be removed from British law. government plans to bin the EU's ‘Vnuk' motor insurance law - which requires insurance even on private land for a wider range of ‘vehicles', including ride-on lawnmowers and mobility scooters.
Insolvency is stalking many UK businesses in the wake of coronavirus and Brexit. This has been particularly visible in retail, with 2021 already seeing stationery chain Paperchase in administration and former high-street leaders Debenhams and Topshop being mopped up by online upstarts Boohoo and Asos.
Customers receive an automated phone call claiming their Amazon Prime membership is due for renewal and the service has taken £79.99 from their bank account. Victims can then ask to speak to an "Amazon rep" to cancel the bogus payment, which is when the con-artists access their victim's accounts in order to steal cash.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement to the House of Commons on the roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England. 68 page Road Map - The way forward in England [b]See the video of the Prime Ministers speech at the bottom of this page.
This article was first published by Begbies Traynor. 630,000 businesses now in ‘significant distress1', a 13% increase from Q3 2020 to Q4 2020 (largest numerical quarterly increase since Q2 2017) 27% year-on-year increase in ‘significant distress1' (136,000 businesses) since Q4 2019 Financial distress increases across all 22 sectors monitored by this research London experiences a 33% increase in significant financial distress since Q4 2019 The latest Red Flag Alert research for Q4 2020 has recorded 630,000 businesses in ‘significant distress1' after the largest numerical quarterly leap (73,000) in financially distressed companies since Q2 2017.
The 60 page road map for England as outlined by the Prime minister on Monday 21st February 2021. See it HERE In Scotland Nicola Sturgeon will tomorrow Tuesday 23 February 2021 say what is to happen in Scotland.
Projects invited to apply for support. A new £7 million fund has been announced to improve equality and human rights in Scotland.
The Government has announced enhanced financial support for the seafood industry with cash grants for seafood and aquaculture businesses across the UK. In January, the Government made available £23 million for seafood exporters that suffered a financial loss because of delays related to the export of fresh or live fish and shellfish to the EU during January 2021.
The Prime Minister will set out the government's roadmap for cautiously easing lockdown restrictions in England later today. The Prime Minister will today set out the government's roadmap for cautiously easing lockdown restrictions in England.
School communities across Highland are being encouraged to remain vigilant on safety measures as a partial school return begins today. Chair of the Education Committee, Cllr John Finlayson said: "I am delighted to see the return of some of our pupils to education settings across Highland today.
From Grant Shapps, Minister for Transport, UK Government. I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the Contingencies Fund totalling £4,000,000,000 to enable expenditure on COVID-19 support packages to be spent ahead of the passage of the Supply and Appropriation Act.
Paula Sussex discusses the importance of transforming SLC to underpin the delivery of student finance policy today and tomorrow. The recently published Skills for Jobs white paper sets out an extensive suite of reforms for post-16 education.
This article was published on the Brookings web site on 18 February 2021. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates and at younger ages than other groups.
Self Assessment taxpayers have less than one week to submit their late tax returns by 28 February to prevent a £100 late filing penalty. Self Assessment taxpayers have less than one week to submit their late tax returns to prevent a £100 penalty, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has urged.
715 new cases of COVID-19 reported. 12,359 new tests for COVID-19 that reported results - 6.6% of these were positive.
PHE has today published the first independent analysis in the UK showing the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is effective against COVID-19 from the first dose. Data analysed by Public Health England (PHE) shows the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine provides high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease from the first dose.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement at the coronavirus press conference. Good evening, Our extraordinary NHS has now succeeded in vaccinating more than 17.7 million people across the United Kingdom and nearly a year after the pandemic began This unparalleled national effort has decisively shifted the odds in our favour so that we no longer have to rely simply on lockdowns and restricting our behaviour and putting our lives on hold But with every day that goes by this programme of vaccination is creating a shield around the entire population which means that we are now travelling on a one way road to freedom.
This grant scheme is designed to help alleviate financial hardship for newly self-employed people who meet the eligibility criteria set out below. The funding is being provided by the Scottish Government.
This article was published in the Lancet on 18th February 2021 from members of the French COVID-19 Scientific Council. A worrying prospect for the future.
