The Independent - 2020-05-22

• Starmer: Mental health is hidden cost of pandemic
• The U-turn on the NHS surcharge is welcome, but it’s embarrassi­ngly late
• Starmer urges boost to mental health services
• The cost of this crisis to our mental health will be huge
• Johnson drops NHS fee for migrant healthcare workers in a humiliatin­g U-turn
• PM ‘should have declared his close link with Arcuri’
• A short history of PMs and the long arm of the law
• NHS: We’re running out of time to test, track and trace
• Millions of antibody tests to be provided on the NHS
• Drug company takes 400m orders for unproven vaccine
• ‘Weekly average of 61,000 people’ infected in England
• Patel to confirm 14-day quarantine for UK arrivals
• Sturgeon gives roadmap for easing Scotland’s lockdown
• Risk of death from virus is double in deprived areas, with women worse affected
• More than 300 police and NHS workers assaulted in one month of lockdown
• Drop in EU nationals applying to settle in the UK
• British Council future in jeopardy due to pandemic
• Scheme bringing lone child refugees to Britain ends
• Failure to tackle problem drinking during lockdown could lead to health crisis
• Ministers betting on Covid recession as economic cover for a no-deal Brexit
• Damien Hirst artworks to help London bounce back
• Pictures of the Day
• Home news in brief
• ‘The wind was a constant scream’: lives torn apart by Cyclone Amphan
• ‘Now is not the time to completely relax over virus’
• Sweden has highest deaths per capita – but still keeps bars and restaurant­s open
• ‘Hand-washing is a luxury’: dire situation for pregnant women in Yemen’s camps
• Third man arrested over shooting of black jogger
• World news in brief
• Will the experts really be back when this crisis is over?
• When the second wave hits, it’ll be because of you selfish Darwin Awards contenders
• Shadows and surveillan­ce in a painter’s vision of Beirut
• This country is in denial about its alcohol problem
• Domestic abuse victims are falling through the cracks
• It’s quite right that scientists are getting the attention they deserve at press briefings
• If only we could swap Boris Johnson for Jacinda Ardern
• Actor and first woman to star in a UK police drama
• ‘No going back’: Extinction Rebellion’s changing image
• A bright star fading away
• DAILY BREAD
• ‘We knew Peter was nuts... none of us knew how nuts’
• ‘The world presents us with sociopaths and sometimes we have to satirise that’
• ENTER, STAGE RIGHT
• PHONY BALONEY
• NOTE TO SELF
• Scotland bans bailouts for firms based in tax havens
• Lockdown pushes property sales to record low in April
• Benefit fraud or rich people eluding tax: which is worse?
• TRICKY BUSINESS
• Business news in brief
• Championsh­ip could beat Premier League to restart
• Premier League cannot turn blind eye over Newcastle
• FC Seoul face being evicted for sex doll stunt
• Are esports the future of driver testing in F1?
• Sports news in brief

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