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The bank now faces rising fears of stagflation and a stark warning from the IMF to get a grip on the soaring cost of living.

The bank now faces rising fears of stagflation and a stark warning from the IMF to get a grip on the soaring cost of living.

Whitehall officials have drawn up proposals to limit the number of people allowed in pubs and restaurants across the country amid mounting concern over the so-called Omicron strain.

Conservatives have vowed to defy the government whip when new regulations rubber-stamping Covid passes for nightclubs and major events and mandatory vaccination for health staff.

Health chiefs said 545,000 appointments had been secured by 8pm last night even after the website crashed, with people spending up to an hour in the virutal queue to get an appointment this morning.

More than one million either had their booster or booked one in the 24 hours since the Prime Minister made a TV appeal for all adults to come forward and get jabbed.

Some holiday firms are offering up to 80 per cent off holidays to Spain this month in a bid to convince uncertain Britons to book a break this winter.

The Commons signed off the tighter rules, but the size of the uprising was comfortably the biggest yet with 98 Conservative MPs - around half of all backbenchers - going against the PM.

While Australia sits on the cusp of an Omicron explosion, a leading epidemiologist has issued an extraordinary warning to prevent Christmas Day turning into a patchwork of super spreader events.

Sajid Javid has announced 12 to 15-year-olds will be able to access the NHS Covid Pass to prove their vaccination status for international travel.