Britain is hurtling towards a three-day week – and our economy is suffering
Rising energy bills, staff shortages and post-Covid WFH mean that the UK is no longer open all hours
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Rising energy bills, staff shortages and post-Covid WFH mean that the UK is no longer open all hours
‘I lost Dad to Covid in the first wave, and this is bringing it all back’ Sue Ayrton’s father died alone in hospital at the start of the pandemic. Now she's volunteering to help other bereaved families cope Sue Ayrton at home in Lancashire, with a photo of her father Neville Credit: Lorne Campbell Some 78,500 lives have now been lost to coronavirus in the UK at the time of writing – and for each one, a family devastated by the particular cruelties of this disease. Sue Ayrton is still traumatised by the loss of her father, Neville, who died alone in hospital during the tumultuous early...