Health
Sajid Javid says he may not hug his mother as much over Christmas
He insisted it is an “individual decision” whether people went to Christmas parties.
New pre-Christmas measures to tackle Omicron spread not ruled out
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said Omicron is "spreading rapidly" across London and the rest of England.
Full list of Tory MPs who opposed Boris Johnson’s vaccine passports
Boris Johnson has suffered the biggest rebellion in his time as prime minister. Here's who opposed the new measures.
Full list of Tory MPs set to rebel against vaccine passports
Dozens of Tory MPs are likely to rebel against Boris Johnson’s new Covid restrictions to tackle the Omicron variant.
UK Covid alert level raised amid rapid increase in Omicron cases
The new alert level means the infection is “in general circulation, transmission is high and direct Covid-19 pressure on healthcare services is widespread and substantial or rising”.
Education secretary labels Johnson’s Christmas quiz as ‘hype’
“Many people would have had similar quiz nights around the country," Nadhim Zahawi said in the prime minister's defence.
Omicron could see hospital admissions double last peak, experts say
New modelling suggests a median peak could see thousands of daily hospital admissions in England and the Omicron variant evading both vaccines and boosters.
WATCH: Piers Corbyn leads anti-vaxxers in excruciating fart song
"Wearing a mask is like trying to keep a fart in your trousers," Corbyn croons.
UK patients die or come to ‘severe harm’ because of hospital delays -report
The report, which revealed NHS data which was previously secret, said “it is entirely predictable and almost inevitable that some level of harm will arise.”