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• Provide $130 billion to help schools to safely reopen. Schools need flexible resources to safely reopen and operate and/or facilitate remote learning. The president-elect's plan will provide $130 billion to support schools in safely reopening. These funds can be used to reduce class sizes and modify spaces so students and teachers can socially distance; improve ventilation; hire more janitors and implement mitigation measures; provide personal protective equipment; ensure every school has access to a nurse; increase transportation capacity to facilitate social distancing on the bus; hire counselors to support students as they transition back to the classroom; close the digital divide that is exacerbating inequities during the pandemic; provide summer school or other support for students that will help make up lost learning time this year; create and expand community schools; and cover other costs needed to support safely reopening and support students. These funds will also … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Treasury nominee Janet Yellen tells Congress to act on ‘widespread devastation’ caused by COVID by passing $1.9tn package or face even longer recessions

Hunter Biden made the promise in the run-up to President Donald Trump's impeachment over a scheme to have the Ukrainian president announce an investigation into Hunter and Joe Biden, while the Trump administration held up $400 million in Congressionally approved military aid. … [Read more...] about Hunter spends time with the ‘big guy’: President-elect Joe Biden is seen with troubled son with less than 48 hours to go until his inauguration

Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and Arran, Lothian and Forth Valley have extra restrictions - covering 3.4million people Pubs and bars have to close - both indoors and outdoors Takeaways are still allowed Hotels can remain open, and cafes But hospitality faces a 6pm curfew Contact sports for people aged 18 and over suspended for 2 weeks Indoor group exercise activities not allowed Outdoor live events banned for two weeks People should avoid public transport unless absolutely necessary No need to cancel half term breaks but stay local if you can Gyms remain open but only for individuals Snooker and pool halls, indoor bowling alleys, casinos and bingo halls will close for two weeks OUTSIDE CENTRAL BELT: … [Read more...] about Scotland Covid restrictions: Pubs barred from selling booze indoors for 16 days as Sturgeon announces stricter rules

Tom Stevenson, an investment director at the fund manager Fidelity International, said: “While prices are on an upwards path, rises are likely to be subdued for a while longer. Covid infections are still increasing, large swathes of the UK are under strict lockdown rules, restricting opportunities to spend, and unemployment is climbing.” … [Read more...] about UK inflation rises on back of increase in clothing and secondhand car prices

The prime minister, asked at the CBI annual conference if she would finish the work of her predecessor, David Cameron, by creating a new transparent register, said the UK had been leading reforms. “We have been continuing the work that David Cameron started; he started it not just for the UK but on the international stage as well and that’s important,” she said. … [Read more...] about Paradise Papers: Theresa May refuses to promise register of offshore trusts