Italy begins reopening bars and cafes as rate of deaths and new infections falls again – as it happened
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The UK government is coming under pressure to provide back-to-work support for young people amid evidence that the under-25s have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 economic fallout.
In a report published on Tuesday ahead of unemployment figures expected to show the first signs of the pandemic’s impact on the labour market, the Resolution Foundation said younger and older workers were the most likely to have lost their jobs or had their incomes reduced.
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