Shoppers out and about in East Anglia before the latest national lockdown
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Business leaders have called on shoppers from across Suffolk to support the local economy after the most difficult year in anyone s memory .
On Monday non-essential retailers, hair and nail salons will reopen, while pubs and restaurants will be able to begin serving customers outside after four months of lockdown.
Only a quarter of the usual amount of shoppers have visited Ipswich town centre while under lockdown, footfall figures show.
Terry Hunt, chairman of Ipswich Vision
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Terry Hunt, chairman of Ipswich Vision, said: This is a really crucial period for so many businesses, including retail, and the hospitality sector, which have had the most difficult year in anyone s memory.
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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.”
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