of the health service and do what we can now to reduce the risks in a way that doesn't disrupt our day—to—day life? or do we somehow cross our fingers and hope that a miracle will happen and then stumble, as we have done before, stumble into crisis? this morning ministers ruled out plan b in england for now. ministers, scientists, experts are looking at data on an hourly basis and we don't feel that it's the time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven't been vaccinated, to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the boosterjab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday downing street said the government was not complacent and there'd been no discussion about moving to plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance