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Starmer to call for targeted furlough scheme

By James McAllister

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is to call for the Government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to be replaced by a more flexible system to avoid mass unemployment.

The Lowdown: Labour's lobster law

The Lowdown: Labour's lobster law

By James McAllister

Labour has revealed plans to ban boiling lobsters alive if they get into power, as part of its new animal welfare manifesto.