UK government makes change to immigration law after Derry woman’s residency caseAll British and Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland will be be treated as EU citizens for immigration purposes, the government has announced after a landmark court case involving a Derry woman over the residency rights of her US-born Read more
Where is the CDC? How Trump sidelined the agency in a pandemicSouth Dakota governor threatens to sue over Sioux’s roadblocksWisconsin supreme court strikes down governor’s stay-at-home orderCoronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.47pm BST A federal judge on Read more
First national snapshot estimates that 0.27% of population currently positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe first national snapshot of Covid-19 rates has revealed that 148,000 people in England were infected with the virus over the past two weeks.The study, by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), tested 10,705 Read more
More than 3,400 new cases confirmed after 126,000 tests in a day Via: UK coronavirus death toll rises by 428 to 33,614
The OBR’s new estimate of £299bn of borrowing would be equivalent to a post-war record of 15.2 per cent of GDP Via: Coronavirus: Government borrowing this year heading to £300bn says Office for Budget Responsibility
Coronavirus crisis has cut fare income by over 90 per cent as transport authority spends £600m a month, mayor says Via: London needs emergency bailout to keep Tube and bus services running, Sadiq Khan warns
‘I can’t bear the thought of anyone going hungry,’ says volunteer cook, organiser and delivery driver Katie-Louise Barber Via: Help the Hungry: Volunteers cook for neighbours struggling without food during crisis
The jobs furlough is estimated to be costing £14bn a month. How does this compare with the other things the Government spends public money on, from high speed rail lines, to nuclear weapons, to affordable housing, to bailing out banks? Ben Chu looks into the numbers Via: How much does Read more
Fauci’s comments ‘not acceptable’, says Trump; Moscow ascribed 60% of April coronavirus deaths to other causes; virus in every African country; follow the latest updatesEU bid to salvage summer with distancing in hotelsBrazil and Mexico record deadliest day from Covid-19‘10 days of battle’: Wuhan draws up plan to test 11m Read more
The US election campaign is usually in full swing by this stage of the political cycle, but the coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to rallies and fundraising events. David Smith in Washington looks at how the race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is playing out No sooner had Read more