The Independent - 2020-05-03

• It’s time to act now to avoid a second wave of austerity
• EU pledges to raise money in search of a virus vaccine
• Half a million constructi­on jobs ‘could be lost if PM gets exit strategy wrong’
• Blood plasma trials to go ahead in bid to treat virus
• Commuters could be asked to take temperatur­e before travelling under new plans
• Hancock is ‘misleading the public’ over testing figures
• Ireland to ease lockdown in five phases from 18 May
• Government pledges £76m for domestic abuse victims
• ‘It doesn’t discrimina­te against any part of society’
• Labour: Disabled people treated as an afterthoug­ht during coronvirus crisis
• Gay and bisexual patients barred from plasma trials
• ‘I don’t know where to go’: Migrant domestic workers left on brink of destitutio­n
• Remember the Brexit talks? They’re still going – and still on the verge of collapse
• Johnson and Symonds announce name of newborn
• Jack Whitehall backs our campaign with burger photograph­y competitio­n
• Thank you for your help – but it’s not just NHS staff who need your donations
• ‘Arrangemen­ts’ were made for Boris Johnson’s death
• Home news in brief
• China reportedly destroyed early coronaviru­s evidence
• ‘The UK failed to listen to warnings from Italy – why?’
• Pair who fell in love from separate balconies prepare for their first date together
• US approves emergency use of experiment­al drug
• Spain exercises outdoors for first time since March
• Trump says glad to see Kim Jong-un ‘back and well’
• Russia has nearly 10,000 new cases in one day as virus spreads in Moscow
• World news in brief
• It’s a shame Hancock spoilt a heroic achievemen­t by massaging the test figures
• As European leaders, we want to end this virus crisis
• Here’s why I’m afraid for my safety after lockdown ends
• NHS staff aren’t soldiers in a war – stop saying they are
• Mea culpa: A bag? A coat? Actually, it’s a Belgian town
• How ‘Normal People’ made me confront how I felt about sex as a young woman
• I used to hate ‘anniversar­y journalism’ – but no longer
• Hancock’s testing target may well come back to bite him
• LIFE ON THE INSIDE
• The chance encounters that turn our lives upside down
• RENT-A-GRANDKID
• BREAKFAST BARRE
• Top 10... artists whose last wishes weren’t carried out
• HOUSE PROUD
• GROWTH INDUSTRY
• Ten ways to make food last longer – and avoid waste
• GAS GAS GAS!
• BIRTHDAYS
• PLOT LUCK PARTY
• ‘I was nervous people didn’t think I was sad enough’
• THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
• TESTING THE LIMITS
• SHOCK AND AWE
• Plane-hopping to Arkansas, in more innocent times
• TERMINAL DECLINE?
• How to grab the best new year’s flights to Australia
• Master the Dutch sights without leaving home
• Check-ups to check-outs: the new normal at airports
• Kitson’s PFA push ignores his problemati­c past
• England and West Indies hopeful of playing in July
• Roy relaxed but fears over cricket’s future grow
• Sports news in brief

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