UK coronavirus live: MPs debate controversial plan to end remote voting in Commons

News updates: death rate in England higher among BAME people; statistics authority says testing data ‘widely criticised and often mistrusted’UK coronavirus death toll nears 50,000, latest official figures showChris Whitty ‘vetoed lowering of coronavirus alert level’How will UK’s new 14-day coronavirus quarantine work?‘Flora needs me’: MP caring for wife hits out at Jacob Rees-Mogg’s planCoronavirus – latest global updates 3.01pm BST Death rates from Covid-19 in England have been higher among people of black and Asian origin than any other ethnic group, a government-ordered inquiry has found.In addition, those people of black backgrounds are the ethnic group most likely to be diagnosed with the disease, which has claimed almost 50,000 lives in the UK since February. Related: Covid-19 death rate in England higher among BAME people 2.58pm BST British households repaid record amounts of debt racked up on credit cards and personal loans in April as consumers stayed away from the high street during lockdown.Figures from the Bank of England show £7.4bn of consumer credit was repaid during the first full month of strict restrictions on business and social life, the largest net repayment since records began in 1993. Related: UK consumers repay record £7.4bn of debt in Covid-19 lockdown Continue reading…
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