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Covid is back — but how worried should we be?

Superspreader events, nasty new variants and waning immunity — it’s a perfect storm for a new wave. Giulia Crouch reports

Evening Standard

Australia's Clarke wins Tour de France stage five

Arenberg (France) (AFP) - Simon Clarke of Israel Premier Tech won stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday in a photo finish after a 157km run from Lille to Arenberg featuring 20km of cobbled mining roads.

AFP

Tour de France 2022: Tadej Pogacar takes time from Jumbo-Visma rivals on cobbles of chaotic stage 5

Australian Simon Clarke won the stage in a sprint finish at the end of a wild day on the treacherous cobblestones of northern France which saw Primoz Roglic crash and lose significant time

The Independent UK

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Brits going to work with Covid fuel new wave as maps show infections rocketing

Simon Clarke, associate professor in cellular microbiology at the University of Reading, who told the Mirror people need to be more cautious as cases continue to rise

Daily Mirror

High taxes ‘stopping’ families paying their bills, former Tory cabinet minister warns

Voters believe Johnson’s administration is ‘not behaving like a Tory government’, David Davis warns

The Independent UK

State pension set to rise by double figures to protect elderly from inflation

And benefits are also set to rise

Nottingham Post

Former Tory minister calls 10% rise in state pension ‘ludicrous’

Jim O’Neill scathing about decision to help pensioners while forcing real-terms pay cuts on public sector workers

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State pension to rise by 'significantly' more than inflation while millions get wage cut

The state pension will rise by the highest of 2.5%, wages or inflation next year, the government has re-confirmed - at the same time as warning more than 5million public sector workers to expect a real terms pay cut

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson pits rail strike workers against public and says Brits can't have pay rise

The rail strike was the top of the agenda in Boris Johnson's Cabinet meeting as he said workers were “aggravating” the nation’s teenagers, workers and pensioners - and rebuffed calls for a proper pay rise this year, leading to fears of a Summer of Discontent

Daily Mirror

What are the UK rail strikes about and how long will they go on?

Biggest stoppages in decades involving 40,000 Network Rail staff could spread across public sector

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: Rail strike chaos – what you need to know

In today’s newsletter: Archie Bland looks at how to navigate the biggest rail industrial action in Britain in decades – and why it’s just the start of a summer of discontent

The Guardian - UK

The rail strikes are just the start. Tory cruelty has left workers no choice but to fight back

Johnson will scapegoat the unions, but after 12 years of frozen and falling wages, their members can’t afford another pay cut, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Easyjet cancels thousands of flights plunging holiday plans into chaos

Airline says it doesn't as yet even know how many trips will be impacted by the decision

Leeds Live

Rail strikes in Scotland will cause 'misery' for passengers as blame game begins

Rail services will grind to a halt across much of the UK on Tuesday as union members walk out in the biggest railway strike in 30 years.

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Daily Mirror

Glastonbury revellers face travel chaos as most trains already axed over rail strike

Billie EIlish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar will headline Glastonbury Festival this weekend - but many music fans will struggle to get to Worthy Farm with many trains cancelled as 40,000 rail workers strike

Daily Record

Public sector workers should expect below inflation pay rises, warns Tory minister

A Treasury Minister claimed that high wage settlements could push inflation even higher as Scottish public sector workers start balloting over pay.

Daily Mirror

Workers won't get inflation-busting pay hike as biggest rail strike in decades looms

Treasury Minister Simon Clarke said the strike was 'likely' to go ahead but insisted ministers won't get round the table to resolve the dispute over pay and redundancy

The Guardian - UK

Rail strikes will go ahead as RMT leader says government ‘actively prevented settlement to dispute’ – as it happened

General secretary Mick Lynch confirms strike action will proceed, as transport secretary Grant Shapps says rail unions to blame

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The Guardian - UK

UK minister warns public workers to brace for real-term pay cuts amid rail strikes

No 10 urges private sector firms against giving out pay rises as inflation feared to rise above 10%

Chronicle Live

Easyjet announces more flights to be cancelled this summer

Airline has already been hit by major disruption and the new announcement spells misery for travellers

The Independent UK

Rail strikes ‘likely to go ahead’, as minister rejects calls to end boycott of talks

Simon Clarke insists ‘employers’ must carry out negotiations – despite railways being effectively state run

Evening Standard

Train and Tube strikes: Minister fears biggest rail strike in 30 years will go ahead despite last ditch talks

A minister has said he fears this week’s rail and Tube strikes will go ahead and that the public should get ready for widespread disruption - despite last ditch talks between rail companies and union chiefs.

The Independent UK

Workers cannot expect pay rises to keep up with soaring cost of living, Treasury warns

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher

The Independent UK

Treasury issues warning of 1970s-style wage-price spiral

Chief Secretary Simon Clarke said pay claims to match inflation will simply push prices even higher.

Daily Mirror

Worrying interactive map shows UK Covid red zones where cases are surging in NEW wave

An interactive map shows the parts of the UK which are seeing the biggest surge in Covid cases as a new wave led by Omicron strains BA.4 and BA.5

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