NHS workers at Royal Liverpool University Hospital in July
THE hypocrisy of ministers who stood and clapped during the first lockdown but have gone on to deny public-sector workers the pay rise they need and deserve will not be forgotten, but neither will the lesson of the lockdown itself: that it is the nurses, care workers, cleaners, transport workers, postal and comms workers, refuse workers, couriers, shop staff and others whose labour keeps our country running, even when it is often the worst paid.
The case for a new deal for workers has never been stronger.
Marcus Rashford
Any heroes list for 2020 which leaves out Marcus Rashford is incomplete.