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Dr Nikki Kanani prepares to give the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, at the Sunrise Care Home in Sidcup, south east London
by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary reporter
TRADE unions and Labour are calling for thousands of volunteers to help roll out Britain’s coronavirus vaccination programme.
Mass vaccination against Covid-19 would save the economy and the NHS a combined total of £6 billion and 23,000 jobs from being lost every week, according to Labour’s new calculations.
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said: “These shocking figures show how every week that goes by, the damage is getting deeper and deeper.
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor
The Prime Minister’s hamfisted promotional video promising to go ‘further and faster’ coincides with Angela Rayner’s resignation over tax dodging and Mandelson’s long overdue departure over Epstein — incredible timing, writes MATT KERR