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Government advisers have voiced unease over the decision to lift England’s lockdown while thousands of people a day are still becoming infected with the coronavirus, warning that loosening restrictions could easily lead to a second wave.

“We cannot relax our guard by very much at all,” said John Edmunds, a professor of infectious disease modelling at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who attends meetings of Sage, the scientific advisory group on emergencies.

There are still 8,000 new infections every day in England without counting those in hospitals and care homes, Edmunds said. “If you look at it internationally, it’s a very high level of incidence.” World Health Organization statistics suggest it is the fifth highest in the world.  Click here to read more.

London’s buses are set to resume front door boarding after months of safety measures brought in to protect transport staff from coronavirus, Transport for London (TfL) has said.

But TfL has now introduced a raft of new measures aimed at minimising the Covid-19 risk to drivers.

Front door boarding will be reinstated on 124 bus routes from Saturday, with customers required to touch on using their Oyster, contactless or concessionary cards.  Click here to read more.

Transport for London (TfL) has urged businesses to keep staff working from home if possible, amid fears that social distancing will be under threat as coronavirus lockdown lifts.

Almost half of Londoners don’t own a car, and rely on public transport for their commute – with four million Tube trips on a normal week day.

Every day thousands of dedicated care and NHS staff and other key workers are forced to put themselves, their families and the people they care for in harm’s way because many do not have the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need to do their jobs safely.

And every day we see more of these staff pay the ultimate price for their dedication and selfless service.

We can’t go on like this.  Click here to read more and sign the petition.

Voters will occasionally forgive a government they deem heartless, if they reckon it has the steel to get the job done. They might even, though rarely, forgive a government they deem incompetent, if they believe its heart is in the right place. What they will never forgive is a government that is both uncaring and useless. And yet that is precisely the judgement that now hovers over Boris Johnson and the administration he leads.  Click here to read more.

A bereavement scheme set up to support the families of workers who die of coronavirus.has been extended to the families and dependents of all NHS support staff and social care workers.

The Home Office made the announcement following criticism that care workers, cleaners and porters had been left out of the scheme, which only applied to certain occupations including nurses, biochemists and radiographers.

Under the scheme announced in April, families of health workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK.  Click here to read more.