Councils are bending the vaccination priority rules to ensure key workers get Covid jabs as soon as possible, LGC has learned. One director of public health told LGC that many places were carrying out “a very small local fudge” to get vaccinations for priority key workers, such as those working in early years settings. Some of these priority groups were being put on the list of recipients for vaccinations of those working in social care, while their council had a “call-up priority list for end-of-day vaccinations that would otherwise go wasted”, they said. Frontline health and adult social care workers are in priority group two for vaccination, meaning they will have been offered jabs. However, some in local government believe other key workers such as those working in children’s social care and emergency services should also be given a high priority.