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Whilst the US Covid Relief Bill is designed as a broad government funding bill to aid millions of Americans impacted by COVID-19, it appears that several key copyright reforms have been incorporated within it.
A rising number of students are joining rent strikes to protest the heavy-handed hall lockdowns and lack of in-person teaching at universities across the UK.
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) following their investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns over a lack of transparency.
Covid-19 operating hours (COH) have been piloted in several Crown Courts across the UK to attempt to handle case backlog, however, many legal professionals are complaining about the impact these hours have on their wellbeing.
Employees who continue to work remotely after the pandemic should pay more tax in order to support the poor and disadvantaged workers in society. That is the proposal detailed in Deutsche Bank’s new “Rebuild” report – the bank’s roadmap to a post-Covid recovery.
The EU plans to deny funding to countries that do not comply with the rule of law. Poland and Hungary directly oppose this notion and have blocked the €1.8tn Covid recovery fund in protest.
Following a testing few years, and the second national lockdown in England, retail giant Arcadia has fallen into administration.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling for greater transparency over the terms of COVID-19 vaccine procurement contracts between the European Commission and pharmaceutical companies, particularly those setting out who will be liable if the vaccines are defective.
With the UK’s biggest shopping centre proprietor collapsing this year, retail investors need to take quick action to dodge the impact of lockdown.