with deliveries to some pharmacies. in his christmas message, boris johnson describes the jab as a wonderful gift that people can give to keep theirfamilies safe. the uk set another daily covid record yesterday with nearly 120,000 confirmed cases. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. the prime minister has said for a while that he believes this christmas would be better than last, and he said he won t flip the switch on any new restrictions in england before tomorrow. he s used his annual christmas message to urge us to take extra caution, though, and suggested getting a vaccine is in the christian spirit of the season. getting jabbed not just for themselves, for ourselves, but for friends and family and everyone we meet. that, after all, is the teaching ofjesus christ, whose birth is at the heart of this enormous festival, that we should love our neighbours as we love ourselves.
i think we want to carry on doing that. and i think we can, but we are going to do it anyway which is safer. the labour mp harriet harman speaking to me a short time ago. let s pick up on that issue of how to keep mps and their staff and theirfamilies safe. philip grindell runs specialist security firm defuse. what sort of practical steps can be taken immediately, in your view, to keep mps safe, especially in the aftermath of something like this? good afternoon. firstly, obviously, i would like to send my condolences to sir david and his friends, family and colleagues. in answer to your question, what will be happening right now is that the team that i formally laid in parliament will be reaching out across the country to all of the liaison points in every force. they will then be contacting