Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 25 June 2021
Osborne lands museum job Labour has questioned the appointment of George Osborne, who presided over austerity cuts to England’s arts and museum budgets, as the new chair of the British Museum. Shadow heritage minister Alex Sobel said Osborne “has enough jobs already [and] doesn’t need another”. Osborne said he was “absolutely thrilled” to be joining the museum. 4 Blood test can detect cancer A trial has found that a blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer is accurate enough to be used with the over-50s. The test, created by the Californian company Grail, can spot ...