The government’s furlough scheme has opened for applications, with business groups warning that delays in payments could be catastrophic for British companies.
Month: April 2020
The government has published a lengthy rebuttal to a damning newspaper article that claimed the UK “lost a crucial five weeks” to tackle the threat posed by the coronavirus.
Another 596 people have died with coronavirus in UK hospitals – the smallest increase in nearly two weeks.
No date has been set for when schools in England will reopen, the education secretary has confirmed.
Doctors and nurses clapped as two men became the first patients to be discharged from London’s Nightingale Hospital after being treated for coronavirus.
The government missed a series of opportunities to lessen the impact of the coronavirus in February and March, it is being claimed.
A delivery of desperately needed personal protection equipment for frontline NHS staff is arriving in the UK, as the government faces growing criticism over shortages and its handling of the coronavirus crisis.
Three more emergency service workers have died in the UK after contracting coronavirus, it has emerged.
Councils across England are to be given an extra £1.6bn in funding to deal with the coronavirus emergency after complaints from local authorities that services could suffer.
One in four care homes in London has been hit by COVID-19 since the pandemic began, Sky News has learned, raising fears about the rapid spread of coronavirus among those most vulnerable to the disease.