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Extend Covid measures or households face 'cliff edges', says Labour

Universal credit boost, ban on evictions and mortgage holiday must continue, party saysSee all our coronavirus coverageMany low- and middle-income households will face financial hardship unless ministers maintain support for those who have lost their jobs or experienced steep cuts in income during the second wave of Covid-19, Labour has said.The shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, said in a new...

Coronavirus live news: Turkey bans arrivals from Britain after variant cases confirmed; 53,285 new UK infections

Latest updates: 15 cases of UK variant confirmed in Turkey; 613 Covid-linked deaths recorded in UK; France to impose earlier curfews in 15 departmentsBioNTech criticises EU failure to order enough Covid vaccineKey London hospital preparing for Covid-only care as cases surgeNew coronavirus variant may have been in US since OctoberUK doctors despair over public’s disregard for rulesSee all our...

Ministers urged to strip away red tape to hit UK vaccine rollout target

GPs say 24/7 vaccine centres and recruiting retired health workers could help reach goal Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRed tape should be stripped away to allow retired health workers help the coronavirus vaccine effort and vaccination centres should open around the clock to meet the target of immunising 30 million people by the summer, ministers have been told.So...

Giving people false hope about the pandemic isn't 'balanced' – it's dangerous | Owen Jones

The media should not promote disinformation under the guise of debateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageProfessor Karol Sikora, an oncologist at the private Buckingham University, has become a social media star and a regular on TV screens, thanks to his viral tweets. You can see why the “Positive Professor” has developed such a wide fanbase: in an era of death,...