The prime minister has rejected calls to scrap the health surcharge for overseas NHS and social care workers.
Year: 2020
Britain’s hottest day of the year so far has led to many people flouting social distancing rules to hit the beach – with some coastal roads left “gridlocked”.
Twice as many people have died in care homes in England, Wales and Scotland during the coronavirus pandemic than would be expected in normal times, Sky News analysis has found.
Captain Tom Moore, who raised almost £33m for the NHS as it battled to cope with coronavirus, is to be knighted, Boris Johnson has said.
Boris Johnson should resist calls to ease the lockdown including reopening schools until a new system to trace the spread of coronavirus is a proven success, according to two members of the government’s scientific advisory council.
A woman whose remains were found in two suitcases in the Forest of Dean has been named as Phoenix Netts.
A senior minister has told Sky News that “wrong” advice at the start of the coronavirus outbreak could have led to mistakes in the government’s response.
The UK has 10 key lessons to learn from its handling of the coronavirus pandemic so far, a cross-party group of MPs have warned.
A 12-year-old girl who lost her mum to COVID-19 has told Sky News how she has always wanted to emulate her “because she was just phenomenal.”
The UK has recorded its lowest daily coronavirus fatality figure since the nationwide lockdown began, with 160 further deaths.