NEWS
Vaccines could become mandatory for NHS staff
Matt Hancock has hinted that compulsory jabs for healthcare workers could be an outcome of an ethical review of vaccination currently being undertaken by Michael Gove. It has also emerged that NHS staff who refuse a Covid vaccine will be spoken to by managers ‘to explain the powerful protective effects’ of the jab — Telegraph
People trying to leave England without travel form face £200 fine — Guardian
Britain is home to 10,000 foreign criminals who could be deported — Times
Nigel Farage to step down from Reform UK
Wallpapering over the truth: Cover-up after Boris Johnson ‘persuaded Tory chiefs to secretly use party funds to pay for Carrie Symonds’ £200,000 Downing Street makeover’ before top donors stepped in to refill coffers — Mail
COMMENT
Why can we still not hug our elderly relatives in care homes? — Sophia Bond, Telegraph
New Labour’s secret IRA fan? He is not as rare as you’d think — Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday
Rishi Sunak takes an axe to Thatcher’s low-tax ideology — Martin Wolf, Financial Times
The nasty, ignorant SNP has been unmasked — Douglas Murray, Telegraph