Part of the £63 million fund has already been spent

Hancock argued that providing meals through advice was better than through central government

Downing Street spokesman refused to praise the private companies that, with some advice, came on the scene to provide holiday lunches, Hancock said it was "absolutely wonderful that the companies have come forward and are doing their part.

Despite some reports of a partial reduction in the refusal to finance free school meals for poorer families in the middle of the period and during the Christmas holidays, Matt Hancock defended the government's position, saying he had already provided "a large amount of extra investment".

Hancock was keen to praise Marcus Rashford, the England and Manchester United footballer whose campaign put the issue in public prominence. He said there was "communication" between Boris Johnson and Rashford - a statement that the player later expressed astonishment in a tweet.

Ministers promised that the NHS would get everything it needed. They now need to keep their promise to avoid a winter of misery for patients

UK hospitals with a hole in their finances

It is becoming increasingly clear that local health systems and NHS organisations have lacked funding to cover the remainder of this financial year

The NHS received more than £1 billion less than it needs to cope with the second wave of Covid-19, deal with the approaching winter and restart routine operations, discovered the Guardian.

The announcement raises questions about Chancellor Rishi Sunak's promise at the start of the pandemic to give the NHS "all the resources it needs" to deal with the pandemic.

The situation has created tensions between trusted hospitals and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on the one hand, and the NHS England on the other, about the amounts the latter has given them to cover their costs for the rest of the financial year.

The Royal Stoke, one of the largest and busiest hospitals in the NHS, accused NHS England this month of making "a clear and obvious mistake" that left it £20 million out of its pocket.

Kensington & Chelsea Art Week

Events and facilities taking place across the neighbourhood for a week-long celebration of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea cultural heritage

 by Liz West 

At Duke of York Square, you will find "Through", an interactive glass installation by Liz West. The multicoloured sculpture exudes positivity through the colours of the rainbow that have become synonymous with hope in recent months.

Sunday was the last day of an ultimatum for Lukashenko to resign

Again? Or always?

This Sunday, a crowd spread across the capitalscreaming "strike", waving red and white opposition flags

Tens of thousands of people marched in Minsk and other cities in Belarus on Sunday (25), pressuring the President of the country, Alexander Lukashenko, to leave the office.

This Sunday is the last day of an ultimatum for Lukashenko to resign. If not, the opposition will hold a general strike on Monday (26).

The ultimatum was issued by the main Belarusian opposition figure, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, currently in exile in Lithuania, who accuses Lukashenko of election fraud.

During the demonstration, 12 underground stations were closed and mobile Internet services in Minsk were interrupted. In addition, two journalists were arrested before the protest, a local journalists' association told Reuters.

Ivanka and husband are provoked with outdoors in Times Square

They should have sued by now, what are they waiting for?

Outdoors in Time Square, created by the Lincoln project, insinuate the neglect of Ivanka Trump and her husband

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's lawyer is threatening to sue the Lincoln Project for posters the Republican group has installed in Times Square that show the two senior White House advisors smiling next to body bags and figures that reflect an impressive number of coronavirus deaths.

Marc Kasowitz - a longtime outside attorney for the Kasowitz, Benson & Torres law firm, President Donald Trump, wrote in a letter to the Lincoln Project, saying, "If these billboards are not removed immediately, we will sue you for what will undoubtedly be a huge compensatory and punitive damages.¨

Kasowitz criticized the billboard showing Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, smiling and seemingly gesturing in the direction of figures showing over 33,000 New Yorkers and 221,000 Americans died of VOCID-19. In a second billboard that accompanies, Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, is positioned next to body bags with the phrase "[New Yorkers] will suffer and that is their problem".

In a statement on Friday responding to the threat of legal action, the Lincoln Project refused to remove the billboards. "We consider it important that in Times Square, the crossroads of the world, people are continually reminded of the cruelty, boldness and disconcerting lack of empathy that the Trumps and Kushners have shown to the American people," the group said.

Financial growth could be 10% supported by a growing market and overlapping customer demographics in their brands

Frasers Group positively negotiates Debenhams purchase

Debenhams collapsed in administration for the second time in a year in April, falling into the hands of its creditors, including Silver Point and GoldenTree hedge funds

Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has revived its efforts to buy the Debenhams network of department shops with the aim of further increasing a street empire that already includes companies such as Sports Direct, House of Fraser, Jack Wills and Evans Cycles. 

Mike Ashley's retail group has made an enhanced bid while an auction process is being finalised by Lazard, according to a report in The Times.

Debenhams' latest collapse in management occurred in April, and department shop retail was again subject to Frasers' acquisition interests.

Liberum, the brokerage house, said in a statement that Frasers is evolving into a diversified 'brand house'.

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