In this issue

November 30, 2021

Your NHS needs you: army of helpers wanted to deliver 20 million booster vaccines

Doctors are scrambling to assemble an army of volunteers to deliver at least 20 million booster jabs over the coming weeks in a bid to protect against Covid and the new omicron variant.

3 mins

Scottish and Welsh leaders call for ‘tougher' travel rules

The Scottish and Welsh governments have urged Downing Street to bring in “tougher” travel rules to tackle the spread of the omicron variant of Covid-19 across the UK.

2 mins

PM and cabinet ministers at event linked to Covid cases

Boris Johnson and two cabinet ministers attended a conference in central London last week, several attendees of which have since developed Covid infections and been contacted by NHS Test and Trace.

2 mins

Cooper back to front bench as shadow home secretary

Former minister Yvette Cooper is returning to the Labour front bench following a wide-ranging shadow cabinet reshuffle by Sir Keir Starmer.

4 mins

France says UK ‘not taking its share' of asylum seekers

The UK is “not taking its share” of asylum seekers and France will not accept planned operations to force small boats out of British waters, its interior minister has said.

3 mins

MPs face bullying ban on social media against public

MPs could be banned from launching “unreasonable and excessive” personal attacks against members of the public on social media.

3 mins

More than 20% of young people jobless in London

Youth unemployment soars since the start of pandemic

1 min

Tens of thousands still have no power days after storm

Days after Storm Arwen first caused major disruption across the UK, the impacts of the severe weather continued to be keenly felt yesterday, as around 66,000 homes remained without power and the bodies of dead seal pups continued to wash up on Scottish shores.

3 mins

Dying patients left without care as nurses struggle to cope with rising pressure

Dying patients are going without care in their own homes because of a collapse in community nursing services, new data shared with The Independent reveals.

4 mins

Insulate Britain prisoner is moved to hospital wing on 13th day of hunger strike

Jailed Insulate Britain protester Emma Smart has been moved to the hospital wing of HMP Bronzefield after entering the 13th day of a hunger strike.

1 min

Sturgeon to pay Scotland's poorest families £20 a week

A payment aimed at helping low-income families in Scotland will be doubled to £20 a week from next year, first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

2 mins

Covid inquiry must look at ‘mishandling' of NHS 111

The inquiry into the government’s handling of the Covid pandemic should look at the “mishandling” of the NHS 111 service, families bereaved during the crisis

2 mins

Female Afghan MPs launch new parliament from exile

Female MPs from Afghanistan who escaped the Taliban have launched a new women’s parliament to champion human rights while in exile in Greece. Almost half of female Afghan MPs and senators are now living in Greece where they will continue to campaign for women’s rights in Afghanistan, as well as supporting the resettlement of refugees.

2 mins

Sweden's first female PM elected again after quitting

Magdalena Andersson has been elected as Sweden’s first female prime minister for the second time in a week, following her shock resignation just hours after she was originally appointed.

1 min

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