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The Fiver Christmas Awards 2020 Scott Murray Welcome to the 2020 Fiver Christmas Awards. We’ve long lost count of how many times we’ve done this, so don’t be expecting us to furnish you with a number now. All we know is, it’s been too many. You know it too. But despite the grinding familiarity and futility of it all, despite the absolute state of 2020, we go again. It’s a time-honoured festive tradition, see, like crackers, carols and government U-turns. So here it is, merry Christmas, everybody’s trudging on. Charge your glass with a generous shot of your cheapest...

Third national lockdown looms after Christmas Rishi Sunak has also extended the furlough scheme until April, adding to speculation that tight restrictions will continue beyond Easter 17 December 2020 • 9:30pm The areas that have been pushed into Tier 3 have steadily grown since the last lockdown A third national lockdown will be considered if coronavirus infections continue to rise after Christmas, Downing Street has suggested.  More than 38 million people in England – 68 per cent of the population – will be in Tier 3 from Saturday after large parts of the South East were plunged into...

The five surprises in the jobs figures The number of women working full-time soars, while the self-employed face a cull and 3.7m workers are 'away' from their jobs 15 December 2020 • 4:22pm The UK’s Covid-blighted economy was struck with record redundancies in the quarter to October while the headline jobless rate also rose to 4.9pc. But a closer look at the UK’s pandemic labour market reveals winners and losers - as well as worrying signs of further pain to come.  Women vs men One striking aspect of the figures was the rising number of full-time female workers, despite a 144,000 fal...