The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Local officials are being ousted and threatened as extreme rhetoric takes over once-staid public meetings

The Prime Minister is expected to repeal all pandemic regulations that restrict public freedoms in England on Monday.

Birth charities call for update of ‘draconian’ rules that isolate maternity patients from babies and leave women traumatised

With Boris Johnson poised to allow Britons to return to normal life, the Standard looks at how governments across the world are managing the exit from the pandemic

The budget proposals include more than £400 million investment in social housing

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting signalled Labour could oppose Boris Johnson's plans to rip up self isolation restrictions unless he provides scientific evidence for the move

PM says he ‘can’t comment’ after returning questionnaire to Met police on alleged No 10 parties

Councillors were told that private schools got the vaccine first

A new report shows that the health service, like other institutions, has a deep-seated problem, a blight that Covid has made harder to ignore

Textile prices, like many raw materials, are soaring on resurgent post-pandemic demand and the rocketing cost of both energy and transport, industry experts say. Cotton, linen, silk and wool, as well as synthetic materials derived from petroleum, faced surging prices in recent months, boosted also by the global supply-chain crunch.…

“Most don’t want to go out and infect people but they need to be able to afford not to.”