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Encourage unemployed to staff polling stations, says Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office has recommended that councils encourage unemployed people to step in to plug a staffing gap for Mays local elections. The move comes as a trade union warns of the risk of polling stations becoming “hotspots for infection spread” if new staff are drafted in without adequate precautions. A letter from Ellen Atkinson, the department’s director for constitution, says it can help councils “tap into new sou...

A FAMILY that knows more than most about the impact of cancer is urging people to support Candlelighters. The charity has been supporting children and families who are affected by childhood cancer for more than 40 years. Ellen Atkinson’s family, from Wakefield, are among those who have been helped. Ellen’s seven year old granddaughter, Isla, was diagnosed with Wilms tumour - a cancer of the kidney - in October, 2019 and relapsed this June. Candlelighters has been there for Isla and he...