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BBC News has announced that journalist Chris Mason will replace Laura Kuenssberg as its new political editor.Responding to the promotion, the 41-year-old, who has spent a decade covering Westminster for the corporation, said: “What a tremendous privilege to take on what, for me, is the most extraordinary job in British broadcasting and journalism.“I clamber upon the shoulders of giants like Laura, Nick Robinson and Andrew Marr with a smattering of trepidation and a shedload of excitement and enthusiasm.“To lead the best team of journalists in the business on the best news patch of the lot is something I’d never even dared dream of. I can’t wait to get started.”Ms Kuenssberg will cover the local elections in early May before replacing Mr Marr as the new permanent presenter of the BBC’s Sunday morning politics show.According to the BBC’s most recent annual report, she earned between £260,000 and £264,999 in the role.Originally from Steeton with Eastburn in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the son of two primary school teachers, Chris Mason grew up in Grassington and was enrolled at Ermysted’s Grammar School in Skipton.Thereafter he attended Christ’s College, Cambridge, where he studied geography but participated in student media, channelling a lifelong passion for radio inspired by BBC Lancashire.After graduation, he started his career as an ITN trainee and took a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City, University of London before joining BBC Newcastle in 2002.He delivered his first report from Westminster in 2004, spent two years in Brussels as a Europe correspondent and had a stint as BBC Radio 5 Live’s political reporter before joining BBC News in 2012 as a political correspondent.He distinguished himself during Theresa May’s Brexit negotiations, a period in which he hosted the Brexitcast podcast, by appearing on BBC Breakfast in November 2018 and frankly admitting his bafflement at it all.“So where are we in all of this Brexit process?” he wondered. “To be quite honest, looking at things right now, I haven’t got the foggiest idea what is going to happen in the coming weeks. Is the prime minister going to get a deal with the EU? Dunno! Is she going to be able to get it through the Commons? Don’t know about that, either. I think you might as well get Mr Blobby back on to offer his analysis, because, frankly, I suspect his is now as good as mine.”His candour drew much amusement on the continent and the remarks were translated into French for readers of Le Parisien.Among Mr Mason’s other notable contributions to the corporation’s output are the BBC Radio 4 documentaries Could the PM Have a Brummie Accent? and The Country vs the City and Any Questions?, the debate show which he has chaired since 2019.He reportedly beat Sky’s Sophy Ridge, ITV’s deputy political editor Anushka Asthana and his own fellow Newscast host Adam Fleming to the top job.The announcement of his appointment drew congratulatory tweets from Mr Fleming, Ms Kuenssberg, Sky’s Beth Rigby and ITV’s Paul Brand, among many others.Additional reporting by agencies More

Partygate: Boris Johnson claims ‘it did not occur’ to him that he was breaking rules#Conservative MPs backing Boris Johnson after he was fined by police for breaching Covid laws are endorsing dishonesty and lawbreaking, Ed Davey has suggested.The Liberal Democrat leader said the prime minister should resign as a “matter of principle”, after he and Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, were handed fixed penalty notices for attending a birthday gathering for Mr Johnson in the cabinet room in June 2020.“Conservatve MPs who are coming out on programmes like this and backing the prime minister are basically associating the whole party with this law breaking, this dishonesty,” Mr Davey told Sky News.“They’re all now guilty,” he added. Both the prime minister and chancellor are refusing to quit over the Partygate scandal.Earlier, backbencher Nigel Mills became the first Tory MP to call for Mr Johnson to resign.“I don’t think the PM can survive or should survive breaking the rules he put in place … He’s been fined, I don’t think his position is tenable.”Show latest update

1649861105Voter registration applications jump ahead of local electionsApplications to vote in elections taking place across the UK next month have jumped ahead of Thursday’s deadline.Local elections are taking place in all four nations of the UK on 5 MayA total of 28,273 applications were made on Tuesday, government figures show.This is double the daily average for the year so far and the highest for a single day since last autumn.Craig Westwood, director of communications at the Electoral Commission, said: “There is only a matter of hours left to register to vote ahead of the May elections.”If you want to make sure your voice is heard and you’re not already registered, it’s really important that you go online and register now at gov.uk/registertovote.”It only takes five minutes – so the next time you are waiting for the kettle to boil you can register to vote. All you need is your name, date of birth and national insurance number.”Full report: Matt Mathers13 April 2022 15:451649860205How leaders in Scotland, Wales and NI are responding to Johnson fineWelsh Labour first minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Liz Saville have called on Mr Johnson to go, Adam Forrest reports.In Northern Ireland, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has declined to join calls for Mr Johnson to resign. “I welcome the fact that the prime minister has apologised.”Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader Michelle O’Neill declined to be drawn on Mr Johnson’s future. “Boris Johnson’s position is a matter for the Tory Party and for the British public,” she said.In Scotland, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar have both called on the PM to quit.But Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has said the prime minister is a truthful man – but said he “has to explain” his previous denials of rule-breaking in the Commons.Matt Mathers13 April 2022 15:301649859305Sni Fein: Boris Johnson’s future a matter for Tory PartySpeaking on a visit to a family centre in north Belfast, Ms O’Neill said: “Well Boris Johnson’s position is a matter for the Tory Party and for the British public and I’m sure they’ll make their own judgment on that in the time ahead.”Sinn Fein’s Stormont leader and former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Michelle O’Neill declined to be drawn when asked about Boris Johnson’s future.Matt Mathers13 April 2022 15:151649858405Lord Frost gives ministers only ‘B+’ for delivering Brexit benefits – and insists protocol ‘cannot survive’Former Brexit minister Lord David Frost has awarded the government only a “B+” in seizing the “benefits” of life outside the EU – saying ministers must now do more to deliver.The man who negotiated Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, who quit the cabinet in December, marked his own delivery of an agreement as worthy of an “A– ”. But he acknowledged the public wanted to see more “pay off”.Our politics reporter Adam Forrest has the story: Matt Mathers13 April 2022 15:001649857641Breaking: ‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute two people suspected of leaking CCTV of Matt Hancock kissThe Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found insufficient evidence to prosecute two people suspected of unlawfully obtaining and disclosing CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing his former aide, Gina Coladangelo.The regulator launched a criminal investigation after it received a report of a personal data breach from DHSC’s CCTV operator, EMCOR Group plc.My colleaygue Thomas Kingsley has more details: Matt Mathers13 April 2022 14:471649857205Chris Mason to replace Laura Kuenssberg as BBC politics editor Chris Mason has been announced as the new political editor of BBC NewsThe 41-year-old will take over from Laura Kuenssberg next month after spending more than a decade as political correspondent at the broadcaster.He said: “What a tremendous privilege to take on what, for me, is the most extraordinary job in British broadcasting and journalism.”I clamber upon the shoulders of giants like Laura, Nick (Robinson) and Andrew (Marr) with a smattering of trepidation and a shedload of excitement and enthusiasm.”To lead the best team of journalists in the business on the best news patch of the lot is something I’d never even dared dream of. I can’t wait to get started.”Matt Mathers13 April 2022 14:401649856305Douglas Ross: PM is a truthful manScottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has said the prime minister is a truthful man, but stressed he must explain the circumstances around his recent police fine to the House of Commons.Previously one of the leading voices in the Conservative Party calling for Boris Johnson to quit, Mr Ross now says he should statm claiming the situation in Ukraine required a stable government in the UK.On BBC Radio Scotland on Wednesday, the Scottish leader was asked if he believed the Prime Minister was a truthful man.”Yes, and he’s dealing with the situation in Ukraine and he’s dealing with the situation at home here,” Mr Ross said.Matt Mathers13 April 2022 14:251649855405Get my father home, Morad Tahbaz’s daughter urges governmentThe daughter of a British-US national detained by Iran has staged a demonstration outside the Foreign Office urging the UK government to bring her father home.Wildlife conservationist Morad Tahbaz, 66, was returned to custody after being allowed out on furlough last month, on the day charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and retired civil engineer Anoosheh Ashoori were freed.His daughter Roxanne said her family was led to believe that he would be included in any deal negotiated at the time, alongside the two dual nationals.But she said they felt abandoned by the UK Government, with her father now back in prison.Ms Tahbaz said her mother had also been placed under a travel ban by the Iranian authorities.Speaking at her protest outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Wednesday morning, she told the PA news agency: “We’re here today because it’s been one month since Nazanin and Anoosheh have come home, and my father’s still sitting in prison and my mother’s still on a travel ban.”So we’re hoping to have the press and the media help us to call on the Government and on the Foreign Secretary (Liz) Truss to keep her promise and bring him home to us, so we can be reunited as a family.”Matt Mathers13 April 2022 14:101649854555All the times the UK has changed prime minister during a warFrom the 1701 – 1714 war of Spanish succession to the 2001 – 2021 war in Afghanistan, Britain has changed its leader 18 times. Jon Stone looks at how they all happened:Jane Dalton13 April 2022 13:551649853355PM ‘not at boozy events’, says Rees-MoggPriti Patel’s fellow cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg also defended Mr Johnson, telling TalkRadio it was in the “national interest” for him to remain at No 10 and it would be “bad for the world” for him to quit.“The idea of constant parties at No 10 is simply false,” said Mr Rees-Mogg. “The prime minister was at a few events which have been highlighted – he was not at boozy events.”He played down the PM’s breach of rules, describing it as “a mistake”, and denied the Tory leader was a “proven liar and hypocrite”.He accused TalkRadio host Julia Hartley-Brewer, a lockdown sceptic, of wanting Mr Johnson to be replaced because he “did not follow your policy on Covid”. Jane Dalton13 April 2022 13:35 More

Former Brexit minister Lord David Frost has awarded the government only a “B+” in seizing the “benefits” of life outside the EU – saying ministers must now do more to deliver.The man who negotiated Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, who quit the cabinet in December, marked his own delivery of an agreement as worthy of an “A– ”. But he acknowledged the public wanted to see more “pay off”.Lord Frost told LBC: “What are we doing to take advantage of Brexit? There’s a lot more been done – but there is a lot more we could be doing … so that some of the benefits can be visible and pay off.”The Tory peer claimed that “the vaccine roll-out, leading on Ukraine and restoring democracy to the country” could all be credited to Brexit.Lord Frost added: “I’d like to see us doing more on planning reform, procurement reform, restoring flexible labour markets, reducing tariffs, going harder on free trade deals – all these sorts of things.”The minister for Brexit opportunities Jacob Rees-Mogg – tasked with cutting red tape and delivering tangible gains from the UK’s withdrawal – has issued a plea to readers of The Sun to help identify possible benefits.Asked about existing Brexit benefits, Lord Frost ranked “restoring democracy to the country” as the most important. “In many EU countries you can’t decide everything through elections. In this country, we now can,” he told LBC.He also insisted it was “not realistic” for the protocol that he negotiated as part of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which imposes new checks on good moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, to last forever.“We are going to have serious difficulties in the political situation in Northern Ireland after the elections,” he said on the looming vote in the province on 5 May.He added: “It is obvious that the protocol as it currently stands cannot survive. It must be renegotiated or the government must act unilaterally.”The Brexit hardliner said: “I simply don’t understand why the EU will not renegotiated and move on to a more collaborative relationship.”He claimed the EU had lost the “moral basis” to maintain the protocol with its own threat to trigger suspension of protocol over vaccines in January 2021.Mr Johnson’s government has resisted recent pressure from hardliner Brexiteers to trigger Article 16 and unilaterally suspend parts of the protocol, a move which could spark a trade war with Brussels.But the prime minister has insisted the option remains on the table.Mr Johnson hinted at disagreement with German chancellor Olaf Scholz on the issue last week, joking about an “almost seamless harmony” between the two countries on most issues.Foreign secretary Liz Truss took over Lord Frost’s role as UK negotiator on the ongoing protocol row in December, but has played down threats to trigger Article 16.Meanwhile, Lord Frost said he did not think one fixed penalty notice “is itself grounds for resignation” – backing Mr Johnson to lead the Tory party into the next election.But the Tory peer said the PM had to come to Commons to correct his comments on Partygate.“The prime minister is on record saying to parliament that all the rules were observed and there were no parties – that’s obviously not the case.” More

Boris Johnson is “more likely than not” to be handed more police fines over Downing Street gatherings after he was penalised for his law-breaking birthday bash, an expert on Covid laws has said.Adam Wagner, a barrister and top authority on the regulations, said the prime minister could even eventually pay more than £10,000 if receives successive fixed penalty notices (FPNs) from the Metropolitan Police.Mr Johnson reportedly attended at least six of the events being probed by Operation Hillman detectives. Asked if there were more fines on the way for the PM, Mr Wagner said: “I’d be surprised if there aren’t.”The human rights lawyer told Sky News: “I think there is more [fines] coming down the line for him, more likely than not.”He added: “If the prime minister attended six gatherings, five of which he is at serious risk of getting a fixed penalty notice for. If he gets a fixed penalty notice in order, for each one, then he could end up paying over £10,000.”Mr Wagner suggested that fines were a good possibility for some people attending the 18 December 2020 Christmas party, and the 13 November gathering at the PM’s Downing Street flat – both of which Mr Johnson is believed to have attended.The lawyer also suggested that several leaving events at Downing Street, some of which the PM is thought to have attended, are among the events for which the police could likely hand out fines.“If all of the [leaving events] were quite similar, then it would seem to me there’s going to be a number of fixed penalty notices – probably for the prime minister as well,” said Mr Wagner.The Independent took a look at the events being probed by the Scotland Yard team which the prime minister is believed to have attended.20 May 2020 – ‘Bring your own booze’ eventFormer Downing Street strategist Dominic Cummings claimed that a “socially distanced drinks” took place in the No 10 garden on 20 May 2020. A leaked email sent from the PM’s private secretary showed over 100 No 10 staff were invited – and told to “bring your own booze”.Mr Johnson subsequently apologised for the event, confirming that he attended for around 25 minutes but assumed it was “a work event” – an excuse that drew laughter in the Commons.19 June 2020 – Boris Johnson’s birthdayBoth the PM and chancellor Rishi Sunak have both now paid fines and apologised for attending the birthday bash in Downing Street’s Cabinet Room during Covid restrictions.Mr Johnson said it “did not occur” to him that the gathering on June 19 2020 to mark his 56th birthday was a violation of coronavirus rules, but that he “now humbly accepts” he did breach Covid laws.Boris Johnson claims ‘it did not occur’ to him that he was breaking rules13 November – Downing Street ‘flat party’Mr Cummings had made claims of a “flat party” in Mr Johnson on the day he left No 10, saying staff “could hear the music playing loudly”. Asked at PMQs whether there had been a party on 13 November 2020, Mr Johnson said “no” but added: “I’m sure that whatever happened the guidance was followed at all times.”13 November – Leaving do for Lee CainAccording to reports at the time, Mr Johnson gave a leaving speech for Lee Cain, his departing director of communications, at an event being probe by the police. New lockdown laws had once again banned gatherings and leaving home “without reasonable excuse” at the time.17 December 2020 – More Downing St leaving drinksPolice said they were investigating another leaving event was held for another departing No 10 official on 17 December 2020. The Telegraph reported that the staff member in question was Captain Steve Higham, then one of Mr Johnson’s private secretaries. The Mirror, which first reported the event said Mr Johnson was only there “for a few minutes”.14 January 2021 – Yet more No 10 leaving drinksPolice said another one of the events being probed was a gathering was held in No 10 to mark the departure of two private secretaries on 14 January last year. Reports have suggested the PM attended the leaving event, which was for a senior civil servant in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, according to The Telegraph. More

Boris Johnson’s position is now “untenable”, according to the first Conservative MP to say the prime minister should resign since he was fined for breaking his own Covid laws.Backbench Tory Nigel Mills said: “I don’t think the PM can survive or should survive breaking the rules he put in place … He’s been fined, I don’t think his position is tenable.”Mr Mills, MP for Amber Valley, said people were “rightly angry” over parties. “When they were observing the very strictest of the rules, people who were making the rules didn’t have the decency to observe them.”He also told BBC Radio Derby that “we have to have higher standards than that of people at the top” – saying he “dreads to think” how many more fines could be issued.Mr Mills later told the BBC’s World at One programme he “shall be very shortly” sending in a letter of no-confidence in the PM to 1922 committee chair Sir Graham Brady.However, Mr Mills also told the BBC: “It’s pretty clear he’s not going to resign, and I would be very surprised if there were 180 of my colleagues that wanted to change prime minister at this stage.”Mr Johnson looked set to avoid an initial fallout from becoming the first prime minister to be hit with criminal sanctions while in office over a law-breaking birthday bash held for him at No 10.The PM and the chancellor Rishi Sunak have paid fines imposed by the Metropolitan Police over a party held on 19 June 2020 to mark Mr Johnson’s 56th birthday, but have rejected opposition calls to quit.Cabinet ministers, including Liz Truss, Dominic Raab, Michael Gove, Nadine Dorries and Sajid Javid, tweeted in support of Mr Johnson, praising his leadership and pointing to the ongoing challenge of the Ukraine war.But Mr Mills said he is “not convinced” by the argument that it is not the right time for a change in leadership in the UK, given the crisis in Ukraine.The backbencher said: “When will Ukraine be any better than it is now? If you told me this crisis would be over in three months’ time, then you might say, ‘Well OK, let’s get this done (then) the prime minister can meet his fate’.”Asked if Mr Sunak should also fall on his sword, Mr Mills said: “I think that’s unavoidable, sadly … I kind of think this is a line that we cannot cross and they can’t stay in the same high-profile role – but I’m sure they can come back in future.”Veteran Tory MP Sir Roger Gale, a vocal critic of Mr Johnson, said now was not the time to unseat him during the Ukraine war. He said “history would not forgive us” if the PM was replaced during an international crisis.But Sir Roger said that while he thought Johnson had “effectively misled the House of Commons” and “is clearly going to have to be held to account”.Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross echoed his colleagues’ sentiments, saying it “wouldn’t be right” to remove the PM “at this time” during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Tory MP Andrew Bridgen, who recently withdrew his letter of no-confidence on Mr Johnson, said it was not the time for a leadership challenge. But he warned: “This is not the end of this matter.”Tory peer Baroness Ruth Davidson did speak out against Mr Johnson, however, saying he “broke the rules he imposed on the country and lost the moral authority to lead. He should go”.Boris Johnson claims ‘it did not occur’ to him that he was breaking rulesLord Frost, the former Brexit minister, told LBC he did not think that “one fixed penalty notice is itself grounds for resignation” – backing Mr Johnson to lead the Tory party into the next election.But the Tory peer said the PM had to come to Commons to correct his comments. “The prime minister is on record saying to parliament that all the rules were observed and there were no parties – that’s obviously not the case.”Ben Houchen, the influential Tory mayor of Tees Valley, also defended the PM. He said the public “recognise he’s a flawed individual … he wears that on his sleeve. And that makes him more human to a lot of people”.Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the PM was “incredibly embarrassed” to have been fined by the police, but said there was no “malice” in the breaking of his own Covid laws.Jacob-Rees Mogg defends Boris Johnson after Partygate fineFellow cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg also defended Mr Johnson, telling TalkRadio it was in the “national interest” for him to remain at No 10.“The idea of constant parties at No 10 is simply false,” said Mr Rees-Mogg. “The prime minister was at a few events which have been highlighted – he was not at boozy events.”A YouGov poll found that 57 per cent of voters thought Mr Johnson should resign, while 75 per cent said he had knowingly lied.Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that Mr Johnson and Mr Sunak do not seem to understand how “deeply offensive” their lockdown breaches are, as she repeated calls for them to step down.Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey renewed his calls for the PM and chancellor to resign as the “trust in them that is so important in crises has gone”. 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The UK and EU have imposed sanctions on 178 Russian separatists in the Donbas region who backed the illegal invasion of Ukraine – vowing to crack down on those “aiding and abetting” Vladimir Putin’s war machine.Boris Johnson’s government also announced a series of new sanctions targeting Russian oligarchs’ family members, associates and employees – including Putin’s own assistant.Britain joined Brussels in targeting those behind the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, with Liz Truss saying that the shelling of a railway station in Kramatorsk had spurred the west into action.The foreign secretary said: “In the wake of horrific rocket attacks on civilians in eastern Ukraine, we are today sanctioning those who prop up the illegal breakaway regions and are complicit in atrocities against the Ukrainian people.”Ms Truss added: “We will continue to target all those who aid and abet Putin’s war. We will not rest in our mission to stop Putin’s war machine in its tracks.”The foreign secretary also said that the latest UK sanctions package would extend the import ban on Russian goods. “From tomorrow, we are banning the import of Russian iron and steel, as well as the export of quantum technologies and advanced materials that Putin sorely needs,” said Ms Truss.Russia has refocused its military efforts in recent weeks as Russian president Vladimir Putin looks, according to Western intelligence, to mount an offensive on the separatist Donbas region.Top individuals sanctioned by both the UK and EU include Alexander Ananchenko and Sergey Kozlov – self-styled prime minister and chair of government of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.Some of the relatives and associates of oligarchs targeted by the Foreign Office for new UK sanctions include Pavel Ezubov – cousin of Oleg Deripaska, and Nigina Zairova, executive assistant to Mikhail Fridman.Putin’s own assistant Andrey Fursenko and Vagit Alekperov, president of the leading Russian oil company PJSC Lukoil, are also subject to Britain’s travel ban and asset freeze under the new sanctions package.Mr Johnson’s government has come in for criticism for failing to crack down quickly enough on individual oligarchs and the flow of Russian “dirty money” connected to the UK.But the Foreign Office said the UK has now sanctioned over 1,400 individuals and businesses – including over 100 oligarchs and family members – since the invasion of Ukraine began.The government has promised a second Economic Crime Bill in the months ahead, after MPs and campaigners claimed the first bill was rushed through with too many “loopholes”, allowing oligarchs to hide their wealth behind trusts and other complex financial vehicles.Meanwhile, Brussels has been criticised for failing to act quickly enough on Russian energy dependence. Despite a EU ban on coal from Russia, and moves to ban oil, consensus among the 27 EU member countries on ending Russian gas supply has proved more difficult to secure.Though Berlin has agreed to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by mid-2024, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz said last week it was not possible to cut his country’s supply of Russian gas quickly. More

Nursing leaders have hit out at MP Michael Fabricant for his suggestion that nurses might have broken Covid laws as prime minister Boris Johnson did.The PM, his wife Carrie Johnson and Rishi Sunak have paid fines imposed by police over a party held on 19 June 2020 to mark Mr Johnson’s 56th birthday.Mr Fabricant said on Tuesday: “I don’t think at any time he thought he was breaking the law… he thought just like many teachers and nurses who after a very long shift would go back to the staff room and have a quiet drink”.The Royal College of Nursing has written to Mr Fabricant complaining about his “utterly demoralising” and “factually incorrect” to suggest nursing would break the law.Conservative backbencher Nigel Mills has since become the first Tory MP to suggest the prime minister should resign.He said on Wednesday: “I don’t think the PM can survive or should survive breaking the rules he put in place … He’s been fined, I don’t think his position is tenable.”In a letter responding to Mr Fabricant RCN general secretary and chief executive, Pat Cullen, said: “As frontline professionals, still dealing with the implications of the pandemic – understaffed, underpaid, overworked, exhausted, burnt out and still holding it together while doing the best we can for our patients.“It is utterly demoralising – and factually incorrect – to hear you suggest that our diligent, safety critical profession can reasonably be compared to any elected official breaking the law, at any time.”The letter added: “We remain at the forefront of pandemic response. Despite political narrative, as health and care professionals we know the Covid-19 context is nowhere near over.”“Throughout the pandemic – and still certainly, now – most days, nurses and nursing support workers, when finally finishing a number of unpaid hours well past shift end, will get home, clean their uniforms, shower and collapse into bed.”Throughout the early pandemic, this was often alone, for the protection of others – kept away from family, friends and support networks.” More