Court papers reveal how long watchdog knew of potential problems at Wolverhampton siteCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe government’s health watchdog knew about anomalous tests at a private laboratory that gave at least 43,…
Despite grumblings the ubiquitous Andy Burnham is a star of conference
Analysis: the Manchester mayor seems to be greatly enjoying his time in Brighton in the face of briefings against himIt was en route between what might have been his eighth and ninth fringe appearances – even his aides had lost count – when Andy Burnha…
Hospital calls for action to stop cyclist deaths at notorious London junction
Colleagues of Dr Marta Krawiec, who was killed while riding to work, say urgent safety work is neededA leading hospital has called for immediate safety works at a notoriously dangerous junction in central London where one of its doctors was killed last…
Private Covid test-and-trace staff told to limit toilet and food breaks
Hays Travel home worker left feeling ‘worthless to government’ after being moved to answer 119 callsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coveragePrivate call centre staff subcontracted to work on Covid test-and-trace services have been a…
Call centre used by UK firms accused of intrusively monitoring home workers
Unions say Teleperformance also asked some staff based overseas to give biometric and medical dataA multinational call centre used by dozens of leading UK companies has been criticised for what unions have called the intrusive monitoring of home-workin…