Global Review As Boris Johnson struggles to regain control of his premiership following revelations about private parties held at his Downing Street residence during the depths of the country’s lockdown, the rise in national insurance is said to be going ahead as previously planned. Many across parliament had hoped the measures would be scrapped as the economy reels from higher inflation and potentially slowing growth, however the government confirmed NI will increase by 1.25

Remarkably, we are now into our third calendar year of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis. No sooner did we think the worst of the pandemic was behind us, when the WHO moved even further along the Greek alphabet and declared that the “Omicron” variant was upon us, potentially the most dangerous one yet. As it turns out, Omicron proved to be much more infectious than earlier strains of the virus, but generally less deadly. It has been a stark reminder though, that the pandemic is