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FORMER prime minister David Cameron made $10 million (£7.2m) from a controversial finance firm before it collapsed in March, it has been reported.

Advertisement Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said, per the Guardian: "This pay cut risks further eroding leadership supply, and risks prompting an exodus of leaders when the pandemic finally lifts. A slap in the face doesn't begin to describe it." The Police Federation of England and Wales said it no longer had confidence in Priti Patel as Home Secretary, calling the pay freeze an "insult," The Independent reported. Chancellor Rishi Sunak had trailed the news last year, warning that only NHS staff would receive a pay rise in the public sector. A...

David Cameron demonstrated a "significant lack of judgement" in lobbying the British government on behalf of finance firm Greensill, a cross-party group of lawmakers found. The former U.K. prime minister is criticized in a fresh report by the House of Commons Treasury committee, which finds that the government acted properly in rejecting Cameron's advances but should have pushed him to use "more formal lines of communication" in exchanges with top officials and ministers. Cameron, who left office after the Brexit referendum in 2016, has been at the center of a major lobbying row in the U.K. a...

Doctors call for masks to stay Some Covid restrictions should be kept in place in England beyond 19 July, say leading doctors. Calling for a continued use of face masks and new ventilation standards, the British Medical Association said it was “crucial” to protect the NHS, health and education due to an “alarming” rise in cases. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted on Thursday that some “extra precautions” may still be needed are 19 July. 2 Fires follow Canada heat wave More than 130 wildfires are burning across western Canada following a savage heat wave. The authorities are sen...

Search COVID-19: Government broke law by awarding coronavirus contract to firm with links to Dominic Cummings, High Court rules The government broke the law by handing a coronavirus contract to an associate of ministers and the prime minister's former chief aide, a judge has ruled. In a judgment on Wednesday, the High Court deemed the awarding of the £560,000 arrangement to communications agency Public First, which has connections with cabinet minister Michael Gove and Dominic Cummings, was "unlawful". The case also concluded that there was "an apparent bias" surrounding the agre...