Episode 38
Death at the ministry: a very British injustice
As the country locked down, cleaners at the UK's Ministry of Justice had to carry on working. It was a gamble with their lives.
The Slow Newscast · Alice Sandelson
July 9, 202037m 28s
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Show Notes
Late every evening in London at the Ministry of Justice, dozens of poorly-paid workers slip into the offices to begin their night-time cleaning jobs. Many - maybe most - have recently arrived in the UK. Economically, their lives are precarious. But when coronavirus struck life itself became precarious. Emanuel Gomes and Luis Eduardo Veintimilla are two of the cleaners at the Ministry who carried on working there as the virus took hold around them.
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