NHS workers are demanding a green recovery to help get the country back on its feet after Covid-19 and save thousands of lives.
In a new report published this evening, health staff say decarbonising the economy to zero emissions by 2030, 20 years ahead of the government’s target, could create jobs and prevent nearly 14,000 pollution-related deaths annually in Britain.
The Public Health Case for a Green New Deal paper, written by health workers in charity Medact’s Climate & Health Research Group, calls for the NHS to play its part in systemic change to combat health inequalities and climate collapse.
The report’s authors, who work in roles from nurses to GPs and public health academics, set out the links between public health, climate breakdown and economic policies, saying that our economy is making “both people and the planet sick.”
I can t put it more simply than that. This has been an really difficult year for a lot of businesses and I think we might lose some more independents in the coming months. This year I ve had months where I ve paid my staff instead of myself. For the first time in ten years I m having to question whether I can afford to pay my staff a Christmas bonus. Such a small change in habit can have a massive difference. Even if it s just buying a bag of coffee beans or a gift card for an independent restaurant over a chain - it makes a massive difference.
A CAMPAIGNING councillor s call to use a multi-billion pound pension fund to benefit Inverclyde has won unanimous cross-party support. Colin Jackson wants a fundamental shift away from using global investment firms, and to instead have millions of pounds pumped directly into the district in order to eradicate abject levels of deprivation. The Labour man s motion to a meeting of the full council won universal support from elected members, who are now set to lobby for a complete overhaul in the way the £24 billion Strathclyde Pension Fund is run. Councillor Jackson who is seeking a new investment strategy through Inverclyde s Community Wealth Building (CWB) programme said: There is now growing support for our CWB strategy and agreement that the pension fund should be using its extensive funds to invest in Inverclyde.
Mark and Rosie Kacary run the Norfolk Deli in Hunstanton. Picture: Ian Burt
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Father Christmas might be put out of a job this Christmas by the familiar sight of a delivery courier on the doorstep.
Instead of spending the weeks in the run up to Christmas hitting the high street, shoppers are instead turning to their devices and letting someone else do the legwork.
Online sales are continuing to boom this month and the county s independents are optimistic that the trend will continue next year.
Having a website has saved countless business during the lockdown and is now providing a safety net of demand for many on a permanent basis.