The UK's collective sacrifice during the coronavirus pandemic must lead to a better future, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer says.
Covid has exposed deep inequalities and injustices in society and the government needs to play a bigger role in the economy permanently, Sir Keir says.
There has been a "strong decline" in levels of coronavirus infections in England since January, say scientists tracking the epidemic.
A group of MPs and peers have signed a letter to the prime minister calling for compensation for key workers suffering from "long Covid"
Almost two million people have not worked for at least six months because of the economic impact of the pandemic, a think tank says.
Life expectancy in the US fell by a full year in the first half of 2020, a change experts say was fuelled by the growing coronavirus pandemic.
Ministers in Northern Ireland are to meet to discuss whether to extend the nation's lockdown restrictions.
A star-filled video urging people from ethnic minority communities to get the Covid vaccine will be shown on TV in the UK later.
Many European countries are ignoring mentally ill patients in their Covid vaccine campaign, according to a survey published by the Lancet.
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