NEWS
NHS doctors are giving antidepressants to children as young as five
Official figures reveal an increase in antidepressant drugs being issued to under-18s, from 329,954 in 2016 to 379,134 in 2019. Almost 15,000 prescription items were issued to children aged five to 11, though the true figure is likely to be higher as it does not include medication prescribed by hospitals and specialist services — Mail
Councils to raise £7.5billion in stealth tax raid after Rishi Sunak relaxes threshold for local vote — Telegraph
Health worker who had the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is in intensive care after going into anaphylactic shock — Mail
Italy blocks export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia — Guardian
Corporation tax rate rise ‘significant departure’ from Conservative values, suggests former minister — Telegraph
Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine causing painful skin reactions up to 11 days after vaccination — Mail
COMMENT
Refusing to print Dr Seuss books has nothing to do with combating racism — Jessica Marie Baumgartner, Epoch Times
Boris Johnson has double standards on the IRA — David Aaronovitch, Times
