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Keir Starmer: Protect what’s left of the UK’s funding to end the Aids pandemic

Dear Prime Minister,

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer urged to protect HIV funding for once-in-a-generation opportunity to end Aids

Coalition of charities and MPs have signed a letter from Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, appealing to the prime minister to grasp the chance to ‘make Aids history’

The Independent UK

Bank reveals biggest purchase scam trends of 2025 and what to beware of in 2026

Some pandemic-related scams, such as bogus offers of hot tubs, have fallen, Lloyds’ customer reports data indicates.

Evening Standard

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3 Reasons Working Remotely Could Be Lowering Your Paycheck — and What To Do About It

Nearly six years after the COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp rise in remote workers, many companies have implemented return-to-office mandates.

GOBankingRates

Key questions about Minnesota's fraud schemes and the billions in losses

Authorities have uncovered massive fraud in Minnesota, with billions of taxpayer dollars potentially lost

The Independent UK

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too fat’ or ‘too dumb’ to serve

Recruiting has been rebounding from a low ebb during the pandemic, according to data

The Independent UK

PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation

PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic

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Covid denier jailed for more than three years for calling for pandemic uprising

Paul Martin, 60, made 16,000 posts on a Telegram group entitled The Resistance UK, which he joined in December 2020.

Evening Standard

Scientists identify key tipping point when bird flu could cause a pandemic in humans

Simulation finds quarantining is most effective in controlling human spread as long as it is done when number of infected people is as low as two

The Independent UK

China files tit-for-tat lawsuit against Missouri amid claims it hoarded PPE during Covid pandemic

Missouri filed a lawsuit against China for hoarding personal protective equipment in the early months of the pandemic and a federal judge gave a ruling in favour of the US state earlier this year

The Independent UK

China sues after Missouri seeks to collect on $25 billion court judgement, prosecutor says

Missouri’s top prosecutor says China is suing after the state pressed federal officials for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgment related to the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Prices at the pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

Fuel and crude prices are near five-year lows as global oil output led by OPEC and the U.S. continues to rise.

Fortune

Sunak: I would do the same again on Covid business loans despite fraud risk

Mr Sunak, who served as chancellor during the pandemic, defended the rollout of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme as he appeared at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.

Evening Standard

London unemployment rises to 6.8%, highest in a decade outside the pandemic

Bank of England seen as almost certain to cut interest rates on Thursday as labour market cools

Evening Standard

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Rishi Sunak tells Covid inquiry he was worried about UK’s ability to fund itself

Reflecting on chaos of early pandemic, former chancellor said it was ‘acutely stressful’ to see rising interest bill on government bonds

Evening Standard

Not all jobs could be saved in Covid but ‘mass unemployment’ prevented – Sunak

Mr Sunak was the UK’s chancellor during the height of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Watch live: Rishi Sunak gives evidence to Covid-19 inquiry

Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday, 15 December, as the probe investigates the government’s response to the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Roomba maker iRobot bought by Chinese supplier after filing for bankruptcy

US-listed company, whose profits have been in decline since the pandemic, will be taken over by Picea

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The Guardian - UK

Europe’s housing costs akin to ‘new pandemic’, warns Barcelona mayor

Jaume Collboni and 16 other city leaders urge EU to unleash billions in funding as it prepares to tackle crisis

The Guardian - UK

Covid inquiry: Rishi Sunak says the government was advised against moving ‘too early’ on Covid decisions – as it happened

Former chancellor and PM faces questions on the economic response to the pandemic

International Business Times UK

The 'Forever Layoff' Era: 2025 Becomes the Worst Year for Job Security — Here's Who's Hit Hardest

US employers announced 1.17 million layoffs through November 2025, the highest since the pandemic. Glassdoor warns 'forever layoffs' are fuelling chronic workplace anxiety across industries.

The Independent UK

Dr Dolphin, call off these strikes

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the NHS under pressures not seen since the once-in-a-century Covid pandemic, the BMA’s refusal to reconsider the timing of its industrial action is dangerous and wrong

Thousandaire

The Home Office Loophole That’s Quietly Closing — Why Remote Workers Are Losing Big This Year

For years, the home office loophole gave remote workers and freelancers a way to deduct expenses tied to working from home. Internet bills, utility costs, office furniture, and even a portion of rent or mortgage payments could be written off under certain conditions. This deduction helped offset the hidden costs…

Evening Standard

Bank of England lacked access to data to help with Covid-19 response – governor

Andrew Bailey told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that policymakers would have benefited from having easier sight of data, such as universal credit.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Scott Galloway: OnlyFans is the billion-dollar symptom of a loneliness pandemic — there is only one cure

The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway

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