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Colleen York receiving a Covid-19 vaccine at the NHS Nightingale facility at the Excel Centre, London
LABOUR called on employers to give staff paid time off to get inoculated against Covid-19 as seven vaccination centres opened across England today.
Deputy leader Angela Rayner wrote to the “big five” business groups to request that they ease the process of workers getting the jab.
The letter was sent to the Confederation of Business Industry, the British Chamber of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses, the Institute of Directors and MakeUK.
She called on them to allow staff time to escort vulnerable relatives to appointments, support staff in signing up as NHS volunteers to help in the vaccine roll-out and using firms’ platforms to promote the vaccine and combat anti-vax misinformation.
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
International season starts at Trent Bridge on Thursday, where England will take on Zimbabwe