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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    House Democrats ‘ready’ for quick vote on $1.9tn stimulus

    Party haggles with Republicans over push for relief package and timing of Trump impeachment trial

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Chris Giles
    Mystery of the UK’s vanishing foreign-born workers

    Official statistics fail to capture the departure of eastern Europeans

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    Black Americans like me expect Joe Biden to deliver

    It’s too late to return to old-style Democratic policies. We expect a radical break

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    Wyoming Republican accused outgoing president of summoning mob that attacked US Capitol

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    Pompeo says China’s repression of Uighurs is ‘genocide’

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  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
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    Strangely lost for words, Trump exits White House for last time

    President has become increasingly isolated since being blamed for deadly attack on US Capitol

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
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    EU immigration: Frontex faces scrutiny over its growing role

    The European bloc’s first uniformed armed force faces allegations of helping to send migrants back to countries such as Turkey

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Disabled workers find an upside in new working practices

    Many employers finally offer the flexibility that staff with disabilities had long requested

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    UK employment
    Black and minority ethnic workers hit harder by Covid job losses

    TUC analysis show big disparities in the worst-affected sectors of the UK economy

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
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    Tory MPs rebel over genocide amendment to trade bill

    More than 30 Conservatives break with government in attempt to block deals with states on human rights grounds

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    Top Republican in Senate lays blame for deadly siege on outgoing US president

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