FactCheck

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) updated its advice today after weighing the potential harms and benefits of offering the vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds.

The UK has some of the highest Covid-19 vaccination rates in the world. But the rate has slowed in recent months. Why?

It’s welcome news, though puzzling, as many scientists expected case numbers to rise following the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions.

Modellers have said as much as one third of the UK population could still be susceptible to the Delta variant.

By two major measures, it looks like he’s wrong.

We estimate one in 30 still haven’t had a single jab.

A number of Conservative MPs, including several ministers, did defend fans who booed England players for “taking the knee” before their Euro 2020 matches.

Some 668 providers are missing from the data.

The ONS says income inequality reached a 10-year high in the year before the crisis.

The YMCA found that spending on youth services has been cut by 71 per cent in real terms since 2010/11 – or almost a billion pounds.

The UK government has said that people who have not had their applications processed yet will have their rights protected while they are waiting for a decision.

The health secretary said he had “let people down” and is “very sorry”.

The UK had freeports while it was still an EU member.

We can see the scale of the cuts by looking at the budget allocations made by government to the CPS over the last decade.

The MHRA says the current evidence “does not suggest an increased risk” of menstrual disorders.