The case for the introduction of vaccine passports across all U.K. nations "is strong", says Michael Gove, who would like to see vaccination checks at Premier League matches and "in [other] appropriate locations".
Covid cases across the U.K. have fallen every day for the past seven days. Today's figure of 23,511 is the lowest number recorded in a single day in the whole of July.
The end of self-isolation rules for fully vaccinated Brits could be delayed past August 16th, the Policing Minister has suggested, saying that we will have to "wait and see" what the scientists advise.
The Government must scrap its "outrageous proposal" to introduce vaccine passports or it will risk splitting the Conservative Party "irretrievably", warns Steve Baker, the Deputy Chairman of the Covid Recovery Group.
The Irish Government is changing the way it collects data on Covid hospitalisations by distinguishing between patients who are admitted due to the virus and those who test positive after being admitted for other reasons.
"Cases are soaring," says Caroline Lucas MP, who is calling for an inquiry into the lifting of restrictions "too soon". But the data tells a different story and experts say we may have passed the peak of the third wave.
The Prime Minister is "raging" about the lower Covid vaccine uptake among young people, and a minister has confirmed the Government is not ruling out barring unvaccinated university students from lectures and halls.
The Government is believed to be considering moving both Spain and Greece onto the "Amber Plus" List alongside France, a decision that could ruin the holiday plans of millions of Brits.
Hospitality industry leaders are willing to take the Government to court over the introduction of vaccine passports at nightclubs and other large venues, which they say is "highly likely to be unlawful".
More than £2 billion has been splashed by the Government on PPE that was so useless it could not be used in the NHS – five times higher than initial official estimates.
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