Donald Trump has been accused of racism after denouncing four ethnic minority Democratic congresswomen. The US president tweeted that the women, known as “the Squad”, should “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.” Of the four left-wing congresswomen, three – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), Rashida Tlaib (Massachusetts) and Ayanna Pressley (Massachusetts) – were born and raised in the US, while the fourth, Ilhan Omar, moved to the US from Somalia as a child.
Two million low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay for the first time under proposals announced by the government. At present, employees must earn at least the equivalent of 14 hours on the minimum wage (£118) a week to qualify. But ministers are consulting on whether to extend eligibility in the hope more people with disabilities and long-term conditions will be encouraged to return to work after sickness. According to the Department for Work and Pensions, nearly half (44 per cent) of those are absent due to illness for a year do not return to the workplace.
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