Rishi Sunak defends budget amid claim it will plunge 500,000 more people into poverty – politics live | Politics
The government announced a pause in public sector pay rises for all workforces, with an exception for employees with basic…
Italy blocks export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia | World news
Italy has blocked the export of 250,000 doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to Australia in an escalation of a row…
Victoria Covid hotspots: list of Melbourne and regional Vic coronavirus case locations | Australia news
Victorian authorities have released a list of public exposure sites visited by a confirmed case of Covid-19. This comes after…
IFS urges Rishi Sunak to extend support to tackle ‘triple challenge’ to economy | Business
Britain’s foremost economics thinktank has urged Rishi Sunak to use next month’s budget to announce a targeted extension of government…
Australia politics live: jobseeker in spotlight as parliament returns; NZ Covid cases confirmed as UK variant | Australia news
4.05pm EST 16:05 There has been some good news on the Covid front in Australia (and Victoria, we are thinking…