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HEALTH

Government denies test and trace breaches data rules

By Heather Jameson | 20 July 2020

The Government has been forced to deny its test and trace programme breaches data protection laws...

HEALTH

PM announces new powers for local lockdown

By Heather Jameson | 17 July 2020

Councils will get new powers to shut down premises in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus ...

HEALTH

Johnson to announce local lockdown powers

By Heather Jameson | 17 July 2020

Boris Johnson is expected to give councils power to implement a local lockdown as part of a raft ...

HEALTH

Two-thirds of patients discharged to care homes without tests

By Michael Burton | 16 July 2020

As many as two-thirds of elderly patients discharged from hospital into care homes at the height ...

INNOVATION

Bold, fast-paced action needed to support the nation's wellbeing

By Nick Webb | 16 July 2020

Lead for innovation in mental health at the Innovation Unit Nick Webb says public health leaders ...

HEALTH

Blackburn with Darwen announces new local measures to control virus

By Ann McGauran | 15 July 2020

Blackburn with Darwen Council has introduced five new local measures to control the spread of cor...

HEALTH

Call for exercise boom to continue

By Dan Peters | 08 July 2020

Paralympian champion Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has made a rallying call for the exercise boom ...

HEALTH

Government 'failed to prepare' on PPE, say MPs

By Laura Sharman | 08 July 2020

The Government has failed to ensure there is enough personal protective equipment (PPE) in the ev...

HEALTH

Who are the losers?

By Ben Page | 07 July 2020

At least in terms of public opinion, local government itself has come out of the pandemic crisis ...

LONDON COUNCILS

Let's hold on to what we've learned

By John O’Brien | 07 July 2020

John O'Brien says that for 'all of the enormous and well documented challenges, people at the loc...