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Welsh Government halts holiday free school meal provision for children

The scheme was introduced during the pandemic to help hard pressed parents struggling with cost of living

Wales Online

If you think absent pupils are skiving, just try spending a day in a school

Children are struggling, resources are being cut and teachers are burning out. Yet politicians blame everyone but themselves, says Nadeine Asbali

The Guardian - UK

These high school grads are the COVID Class of 2023 and have the stories to prove it

It had only been a week since graduation and these teenagers were giddy. Summer sprawled out in front of them. College is just a few months away — a future some still can't believe will be theirs.

Los Angeles Times

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Federal budget on track to smash surplus forecasts as cash balance hits $19bn – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Winn shoves in first career start, but SF Giants silenced in second straight loss to Blue Jays

TORONTO — It was just over a year ago, last June 23, that Keaton Winn made his final start at Single-A San Jose, returning from a two-year absence caused by a pandemic and major elbow surgery. When the Giants won their last World Series, Winn was merely a teenager in…

Tribune News Service

There's a $75 trillion reason the economy won't crash into a recession, top economist says: Baby boomers' pent-up net worth

“Consumers may run out of their excess pandemic savings by the end of this year, but they have lots of other sources of purchasing power,” a veteran market watcher says.

Fortune

Scammers used doll faces to secure in Covid pandemic aid in PPP fraud

‘There were billions of dollars of fraud in the PPP program and Womply played a large role in facilitating this fraud’

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House prices took more than 15 years to double

Home values are now doubling at a slower rate even after the massive pandemic-era boom that saw prices soar across the country.

AAP

Social care needs a long-term workforce plan

Letters: The undervaluing of social care is a betrayal of the hardworking healthcare professionals who got us through the pandemic, writes Rachael Dodgson, while Kalvin Morris calls for better-run care recruitment

The Guardian - UK

Brexit meant Scottish and UK Governments had 'poor' relations during pandemic, says John Swinney

The former SNP Deputy First Minister told the UK Covid Inquiry in London that relationships between Westminster and Holyrood had been harmed by the prospect of Britain leaving the EU with no deal.

Daily Record

Tate loans painting of Covid frontline staff to Alder Hey hospital

Aliza Nisenbaum’s work depicts staff in range of roles at Liverpool children’s hospital

The Guardian - UK

'Fed up of excuses': Covid bereaved dad demands answers over prison death of son

THE father of a man who died in prison has said those bereaved by Covid are “fed up of excuses” from political leaders after Nicola Sturgeon…

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon blasted for 'skirting around' questions at covid inquiry by dad who lost son

The First Minister gave evidence at the UK covid inquiry in London and admitted the Scottish Government made mistakes in its response to the pandemic.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon blames no-deal Brexit planning for distracting from pandemic plans

The former Scottish First Minister was reminded she was "in a witness box not a soap box" when she appeared at the Covid Inquiry as she rallied against Brexit and the impact it had

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Tate Liverpool presents hospital with artwork celebrating NHS staff

The artwork depicts workers at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital during the pandemic.

The National (Scotland)

'Not a soapbox': Nicola Sturgeon told off for Brexit comment at Covid inquiry

NICOLA Sturgeon was told off for explaining the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s ability to prepare for pandemics immediately before Covid struck…

The Independent UK

Scotland was not prepared for non-flu pandemic, Sturgeon tells Covid inquiry

She also said she regretted having to divert resources from emergency planning to preparing for the potential of a no-deal Brexit.

The Guardian - UK

Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland had ‘no set plan’ to deal with Covid-style pandemic

Former first minister also tells inquiry communication between UK and devolved administrations was too ad hoc

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The Independent UK

Nicola Sturgeon rebuked for using Covid inquiry to criticise Brexit: ‘It’s a witness box not a soap box’

Ex-SNP leader told off for saying: ‘Every aspect of Brexit has been a false economy’

The Independent UK

Covid-19 inquiry: Scotland had no plan to deal with non-flu pandemic – Sturgeon

Scotland’s first minister at the time of the pandemic, Nicola Sturgeon, said this was a ‘significant gap’.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon admits Scottish Government 'did not get everything right' during covid pandemic

The former first minister offered her “sympathies to all those who suffered as a result of the pandemic”.

The Independent UK

Sturgeon tells Covid-19 Inquiry her government ‘did not get everything right’

Nicola Sturgeon, who was Scotland’s first minister during the coronavirus pandemic, said the Scottish Government ‘did our best’.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson's allies tried to stymie probe into his partygate lies, UK lawmakers say

A committee of British lawmakers has slammed allies of Boris Johnson in Parliament for trying to interfere with their investigation into whether the former prime minister lied about rule-flouting parties in his office during the coronavirus pandemic

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: US government debunks COVID lab-leak conspiracy theory, enraging conspiracy theorists

That sound you may have detected rising from the ether of social media this weekend was the gnashing of teeth by COVID conspiracy-mongers, outraged by a U.S. government report debunking their most cherished claims.

The Guardian - UK

NHS staff sickness rate in England hit record high last year, data shows

Rate higher than at height of Covid pandemic as health service contends with ‘difficult new normal’

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