puts lockdown restrictions in england in place and that will be voted on by mps today. as usual when these things come to parliament, you can expect a large handful of conservative mps to rebel against it because they are not pleased with the decision. but labour support it which means it will inevitably get through parliament. there is no risk to this happening, but it will be another opportunity for critics of the government to make their case and we will get another sense of how many conservative mps are concerned, which will give you a sense of what problems the government might face next time they have to put any kind of legislation referring to covid to the commons. talking to conservative backbenchers yesterday, they are worried the delay means there will be may be another delay in a couple of weeks or may be something else will come up that means some restrictions will still be in place, rather than all restrictions being lifted which was the government s
different route and point to data that shows you basically need 80% of the staff in a care home to be vaccinated to protect residents of that care home. that is data based on the first dose and might be different now people have had second doses, and also the delta variant is doing the rounds now. that is the governmentjustification doing the rounds now. that is the government justification and doing the rounds now. that is the governmentjustification and we expect the announcement to be made in the next couple of days. care home workers would have 16 weeks to get the jab. home workers would have 16 weeks to net the ab. ,., home workers would have 16 weeks to net the ab. ~ ,., . ., get the jab. also the delay to lockdown easing get the jab. also the delay to lockdown easing goes - get the jab. also the delay to lockdown easing goes before| lockdown easing goes before parliament today. the lockdown easing goes before parliament toda . ., . , parliament today. the government has t
18th ofjuly so therefore the government is putting the idea that borisjohnson said that this is the term of the state, the end, rather than the not before date, they are putting it into law. nevertheless there are conservative mps who will vote against this because they think the delay is being far too cautious and are worried that there will be further delays and something will come up in a few weeks. because labour are supporting it and the bulk of conservative mps, it will go through. it will be an opportunity for government critics to raise more concerns. . sophie, the countess of wessex, has reflected on the death of the duke of edinburgh in an emotional interview with naga, for her bbc radio 5 live programme. she was speaking ahead of the un s international day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph has more. the countess of wessex spoke openly about her charity work, parenting teenagers and the death
employees might be put off by this. the government said it is the right thing to do to protect residents in care homes where they live. scientists say when it came to the first dose, they needed at least 80% of care home staff to be vaccinated. that may have changed now the second doseis that may have changed now the second dose is around but also it may have changed because of the presence of the more transmissible variant of the more transmissible variant of the virus. the government said some care homes in parts of the country it is quite far below the 80% level so we will see the decision made in the next couple of days and then care home workers will have 16 weeks to get there jab. the care home workers will have 16 weeks to get there jab- to get there “ab. the discussion around to get there “ab. the discussion aound the to get there jab. the discussion around the delay to get there jab. the discussion around the delay lockdown - to get there jab. the discussion around th
so it s a very, very real crisis that we are all facing. we can t maintain private prescriptions and we need the government to act now to help us. thomas, can you pack your bag, please? the law was changed three years ago to allow nhs doctors to prescribe medical cannabis. but campaigners sayjust three nhs prescriptions have been issued. leaving thousands of families to pay for the drug privately. and that s why tom and his mum are off to downing street to ask the prime minister personally for help. ready, coming. i want eddie tojust be happy and healthy and enjoy his life, and i want thomas to be able to live a life where he doesn t have to see this. and we don t want the added worry of, will we run out of money next month? thomas has suggested doing fundraising events with his friends, which, again, it s a lovely incredible thing, but he is nine years old, he shouldn t be thinking about things like that. the department of health told us.