Wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls arent working. Its the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. The number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. The big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. And remembering a long life, lived well. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life. But first, The Government says its a hugely significant milestone in the fight against coronavirus. Ten Million People in the uk have now received their first dose of the Covid Vaccine. But at Prime Ministers questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the Vaccine Programme was his governments reluctance to order the complete closure of the uks borders to limit the arrival of new st
Beyond mid february. Buy now, pay laterfirms face stricter controls following fears over young shoppers debts. A Court In Moscow is due to decide shortly whether to jail president Vladimir Putins leading critic, Alexei Navalny. Also coming up heavy snow hits parts of Northern England with the met Office Warning some Rural Communities are at risk of becoming cut off. This morning. Door to door tests are being offered to 80,000 people in england after cases of a new South African Coronavirus Variant were found, with no links to travel. People across eight areas are being asked to take tests, whether they have symptoms or not, after the government said the uk must Come Down Hard on the variant and find every case. Andy moore reports. 10,000 Home Testing Kits delivered to a fire station in woking in surrey. From today, the operation to deliver them door to door will begin. Across england, 80,000 people over the age of 16 will be swabbed to find the true extent of the new variant. Theres no
and brazil lights up in honour of pele on the first of three days of national mourning for the footballing legend. a us congressional committee has released six years of tax returns for the former president donald trump. mr trump battled for years to keep the documents secret until the supreme court approved their disclosure last month. the returns show that in 2020 he paid nothing in federal income taxes. the former president has released a video statement, condemning the release of the documents. although these tax returns contain relatively little information and not information that almost anybody would understand they are extremely complex, the radical democrats behaviour is a shame upon the us congress. joining me now is representative lloyd doggett, a democratic party congressman and a member of the house ways and means committee, which released trump s tax returns. thank you for coming on the programme. what is your reaction. these tax returns show donald trump did n
john: dow down 807 points at this moment. unfortunately, few people surprised by the new inflation data, confirming the pain at the pump and sticker shock. hello, john roberts in washington and happy friday to you. and happy friday to you as well, john. good to see you. anita vogel in for sandra smith. prices soared 8.6% from a year ago, highest in four decades as rent, energy and grocery prices continue to surge. another record high for gasoline prices as the national average edges ever so closer to $5 a gallon. anita: fox team coverage starts right now. karl rove on president biden s response to the economic crisis and a closer look at how much americans are paying at stores. john: but first, jacqui heinrich is travelling with the president live in los angeles. what is the white house saying they are going to do about inflation, jacqui? we have not heard from the president yet, he s going to speak later about supply chains but the chair of economic advisers says