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Diane Abbott speaking during a Stand Up to Racism taking the knee event outside Downing Street in July 2021
TORY ministers must not be complacent in the fight against Covid-19, Labour’s left and trade unions warned today, as weekly registered virus deaths passed 1,000 for the first time in eight months.
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show there were 1,020 deaths with coronavirus mentioned on the death certificate registered in the week ending November 12.
Covid-19 accounted for about one in 12 of all fatalities registered over that week, up 3 per cent from the previous week, when 995 deaths were registered.
With more people dying each year and many spending their final days in institutions, researchers argue that wider access to palliative care could offer a more humane and cost-effective alternative, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
DIANE ABBOTT exposes the misconceptions, rumours and downright lies perpetrated around immigration issues
Our Foreign Secretary now condemns Israel in the Commons, yet Britain still supplies weapons and intelligence for its bombing campaigns — as the horror reaches perhaps the final stage, action must finally replace words, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP