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Is Boris Johnson Serious Enough To Stem The Jobless Tide?

The PM may need to flesh out his reskilling plans and extend furlough to avoid the worst.
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This Is What It's Like To Own A Business In Leicester's Lockdown Zone

Pub and restaurant owners in the city hit by a coronavirus outbreak react to the measures that will stop them reopening on Saturday.
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Labour Demands Matt Hancock Hold No.10 Press Conference To Explain Leicester Lockdown

Boris Johnson promised the briefings would return when the government had "something really important to say".
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Can Johnson’s New Deal Get The UK Out Of The Covid Downturn?

As Leicester proves coronavirus hasn’t gone away, will the PM build or destroy his way out of the pandemic?
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Leicester Put In Local Lockdown After Virus Spike

English city will see non-essential shops close from Tuesday and schools will shut to most pupils from Thursday.
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Boris Johnson Says 'Whack-A-Mole Strategy' Will Stop Local Coronavirus Spikes

The prime minister said he worried "every day" about the spread of the disease.
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Leicester Facing UK's First Local Lockdown After Coronavirus Surge, Priti Patel Confirms

HuffPost UK understands officials are assessing the outbreak before deciding on action, with concerns infections could spill into Birmingham.
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Boy, 10, Stabbed In Street While Out With Mother

Officers are looking for a man who fled the scene on foot.
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How One Man Built Thomas Cook’s Travel Empire From Humble Beginnings

How an empire built on package holidays grew from the dream of one teetotal Baptist missionary from the East Midlands.
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'It's Just How It Is': Away From Westminster, Some People Think Not Voting For Boris Johnson Is Politics As Normal

Britain's new PM was elected by a tiny fraction of the country. But with voters feeling increasingly disengaged, HuffPost UK spoke to sun worshippers in Leicester and heard it's a case of "leaving them to it”.
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