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It is to say the least unusual for a Chancellor to cancel one of the Government’s financial set-pieces of the year — in this case the Autumn Budget planned for November — but as Rishi Sunak explained to fellow MPs these are unprecedented times.

Under new proposals, the time it takes for certain convictions to become “spent” will be reduced so that they are no longer automatically disclosed on employment checks.

Employees have complained to the TUC that less than half of workplaces have enabled safe social distancing with those working in low-paid and insecure jobs having been the worst affected.

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for mandatory face coverings to be extended to offices and other workplaces.

The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tightened up national lockdown rules to tackle a second rise in coronavirus infections.

The Prime Minister’s Office has introduced a new package of measures intended to support and enforce self-isolation with more support for those on low pay but heavy fines for those who break the rules.

The Government has announced it is to prioritise Covid-19 testing for care home and NHS staff, with school pupils and their parents next on the list.

The number of companies calculating their ethnicity pay gap has grown significantly in the past two years, according to a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Health Education England (HEE) has confirmed that it will make £7 million available for employers to support the apprenticeship route into registered nursing.

Employment Judge Hughes in the Birmingham Employment Tribunal has given oral judgment on liability in the case of Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) with written reasons to follow and a remedy hearing set for 2 October 2020.