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Retail giants like Boots, Tesco and Primark are pushing for Home Office action after violent incidents and abuse against shop staff almost doubled since the COVID pandemic. Retail crime cost UK shops £1.76 billion in the year to April 2023, according to the British Retail Consortium.

The World Bank says South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels

The second stage of the inquiry is set to examine key decision-making in Westminster between January 2020 and February 2022.

The state has yet to return to its pre-pandemic unemployment rate of about 3.5%, even as it leads the country in new jobs created. However, state economic experts say the unemployment rate is an indicator of Texas’s rapidly growing population and labor force.

The criticism came after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he could not provide his WhatsApp messages from the pandemic because he failed to back them up

Rishi Sunak has told the Covid-19 inquiry that he is unable to provide WhatsApp messages from his time as chancellor during the pandemic because…

Prime minister’s comments come as second stage of Covid inquiry set to begin

African Americans are the only racial or ethnic group in Cook County whose suicide rates are now higher than they were at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Prime Minister said that he does ‘not have access’ to the messages as he changed his phone several times, The Guardian has reported.

But there is hope, too, according to the report. It shows small- and medium-budget organizations saw a slight increase in average staff sizes. BIPOC organizations also grew their companies with the addition of full-and part-time employees.

Exclusive: PM claims he has changed phone since running the Treasury and did not back up the messages