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The UK’s transition period — which keeps Britain in the EU’s single market and customs union — ends in less than six weeks
Trade bodies say they believe a domestic supply chain for reusable gowns will not be established
Government clashes with the press as it tries to exert greater control over how it projects its message
Government has vowed to eliminate avoidable plastic pollution by the end of 2042
Part of plans to ensure £13.4bn budget is used effectively after merger of departments
Some local restrictions to be lifted next week as coronavirus infection rates decline
Number of daily instances of virus has increased to levels last recorded in mid-June
Former cabinet minister says UK centrist party has ‘lost touch’ with voters and must listen more
Regional leaders call for increase in level of support for those in local lockdown areas
Series of government course changes feed disquiet among Conservative MPs over PM’s handling of pandemic
Permanent secretary Jonathan Slater to leave as Boris Johnson blames results fiasco on ‘mutant algorithm’
U-turn will give secondary heads option of ordering returning students to wear face coverings
Sally Collier to leave after Ofqual was heavily criticised over student testing scheme
Proposed government crackdown would mean avoiding connections via supply chain to threats to rainforest
Downing St confident after teaching unions and local authorities say they will not block return to classes
Top officials announced for department after merger with international development
Frustration as Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago taken off list of safe destinations but Portugal added
Ministers say some people will have to defer a year to start their preferred course
Teacher-assessed grades awarded in England after outcry over standardisation system
Vocational qualifications for nearly 500,000 students recalled in wake of GCSE and A-level U-turns
Move follows U-turn that led to A-level grade uplift
Ministers consider scrapping annual ticket price rises in effort to tempt people back on trains
ONS to increase testing in England from 28,000 people a fortnight to 150,000 by October
National Institute for Health Protection will take in NHS tracing programme and biosecurity centre
Head of test-and-trace programme to chair body formed when government scraps Public Health England
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