Dr Jason Bannan defended his agency's conclusion that Covid escaped from a lab, saying he was speaking up to counter ideas that this was a right wing conspiracy.
Now the Government has announced that low earners will get 80 per cent of their average weekly pay - or the new SSP rate of £118.75 - and will be able to claim it from their first day of illness.
Jes Staley is accused of 'recklessly' signing off a letter from the bank to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that inaccurately played down the nature of his relationship with Epstein.
Labour MPs lined up to criticise the move in the Commons on Monday, with Barry Gardiner warning it would lead to more 'more people being slain by famine, drought, disaster and war'.
A study by the think tank Policy Exchange, backed by former home secretary Sir Sajid Javid , proposed dismissing all senior managers in the Ministry of Justice and HM Prisons and Probation Service.