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Race to vaccinate millions as question mark hangs over lockdown easing
Women who both lost their mothers to Covid-19 eat lunch at the National Covid Memorial Wall in London. EPA
Housekeeping staff member Natalia Blazeckova makes up a bed in one of the classic suites at The Ritz London. After closing its doors in the middle of December, The Ritz London is preparing to welcome guests on May 17. Getty Images
Demonstrators hold placards and wave flags as they protest outside the offices pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in Macclesfield. AFP
People punt on the river as coronavirus disease restrictions are eased in Cambridge. Reuters
PM calls ‘Team UK’ Covid summit
Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the devolved nations to a summit on how “Team UK” can recover from the Covid crisis. The prime minister has congratulated the SNP’s Nicola Sturgeon and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford on their re-elections and invited them to a meeting “to discuss our shared challenges and how we can work together in the coming months and years to overcome them”.
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Keir Starmer sacks Rayner
Labour’s deputy Angela Rayner has been sacked from her roles as party chair and campaign coordinator. The move comes after a series of disastrous election results for Labour, as it lost control of several councils and suffered defeat to the Tories in the Hartlepool by-election. Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell accused Sir Keir Starmer of “scapegoating everyone apart from himself”.