Former Health Secretary Sajid Javid was a champion of vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and pushed for a Christmas lockdown last winter. He must not become Prime Minister.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid have both quit the Government this evening, saying we "cannot continue like this", bringing Boris Johnson's premiership to the brink of implosion.
A surge in infections was always to be "expected" following the end of restrictions in England, Sajid Javid has said. Yet infections were rising already, and rose faster in Scotland where restrictions remain.
Boris Johnson will address MPs about the lifting of restrictions at 4:30pm. However, there was a glitch this morning owing to a reported standoff between Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid over the end of free testing.
Ministers are "reflecting" on plans for mandatory jabs for NHS staff, the Health Secretary has said, with the policy “under review”, despite the fact the deadline falls next week.
Sajid Javid must urgently and thoroughly investigate the recent spike in child deaths, and halt any vaccine doses for children until vaccination has been ruled out as a cause.
The Health Secretary has said Covid passes will be scrapped in England this month as the country's Omicron wave continues to collapse. Masks in shops and on public transport will continue.
The BBC has published another of its 'reality checks', this time targeting Dr Steve James, who challenged Sajid Javid on the science behind the vaccine mandate. But it needs a fact check of its own.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been directly challenged by an unvaccinated hospital consultant over the Government's policy of compulsory Covid jabs for NHS staff.
As the people of England wake up with a bad hangover, Sajid Javid says additional Covid restrictions are unlikely
