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How long will my vaccine last?
Here's why you need more than one Covid jab.
Uncovering the mystery of North Korea's Covid outbreak
The government says it has the situation under control, but what do we really know about the scale of the crisis?
The Covid conspiracies being recycled for monkeypox
Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.
Why the WHO is questioning China's Covid policy
The WHO thinks China's current Covid policy is not sustainable - but China seems determined to stay the course.
North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt water
As Covid spreads in North Korea, state media urges the use of traditional medicine against the virus.
Who could be most affected by US abortion changes?
Any changes to US abortion laws will disproportionately impact younger, poorer and black women.
What weapon killed 50 people in Ukraine station attack?
There's mounting evidence that cluster weapons, which can cause heavy civilian casualties, are being used in this conflict.
Featured Contents
How long will my vaccine last?
Here's why you need more than one Covid jab.
Uncovering the mystery of North Korea's Covid outbreak
The government says it has the situation under control, but what do we really know about the scale of the crisis?
The Covid conspiracies being recycled for monkeypox
Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.
Why the WHO is questioning China's Covid policy
The WHO thinks China's current Covid policy is not sustainable - but China seems determined to stay the course.
North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt water
As Covid spreads in North Korea, state media urges the use of traditional medicine against the virus.
Who could be most affected by US abortion changes?
Any changes to US abortion laws will disproportionately impact younger, poorer and black women.
What weapon killed 50 people in Ukraine station attack?
There's mounting evidence that cluster weapons, which can cause heavy civilian casualties, are being used in this conflict.
Uncovering the mystery of North Korea's Covid outbreak
The government says it has the situation under control, but what do we really know about the scale of the crisis?
The Covid conspiracies being recycled for monkeypox
Conspiracies and memes shared during the Covid pandemic are cropping up again.
Why the WHO is questioning China's Covid policy
The WHO thinks China's current Covid policy is not sustainable - but China seems determined to stay the course.
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Boris Johnson says the Northern Ireland Brexit deal he negotiated is "turning into a political problem".
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The Conservatives' 2019 manifesto promised 40 new hospitals across England - are they delivering on this?
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Concern is growing about the plight of Christians in the country after the recent attack on a church.
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Imports of cheaper Russian oil by India are continuing to grow, according to the latest data.
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The government has unveiled its "levelling up" plan building on promises it made in 2019, how is the project going?
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Boris Johnson made promises on Brexit, immigration, taxes and health - has he delivered on them?
Read moreAre taxes being cut?
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Boris Johnson told MPs: "We're cutting taxes... for everyone who pays National Insurance contributions by an average of £330 just next month."
The £330 cut is a result of the point at which peoplestart to pay national insurance rising from earnings of £9,570 to £12,570 ayear.
But the reductions, which come into force in July, will be smaller than the increases in taxesthe chancellor announced in the previous year.
And we know from the government’s independent forecaster theOffice for Budget Responsibility that the overall tax burden is going to rise from33% of GDP (a measure of the size of the economy) in 2019-20 to 36.3% of GDP in2026-27, which is the highest since the late 1940s.
You can read more about it here.
Copyright: BBCIs Boris Johnson right on nurse numbers?
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Defending his record on the NHS, the prime minister told MPs: "We have 11,800 more nurses this year than last year".
He's roughly right.Latest figuresshow 321,018 full-time equivalent NHS nurses and health visitors in England in February 2022.
If we compare this to February 2021 – when NHS nurse numbers were 309,630 – there are now 11,388 more nurses.
In 2019, the Conservatives pledged 50,000 more nurses in England by March 2025.
By February 2022, there were 24,295 more nurses than in December 2019, leaving a further 25,705 posts to fill in the next three years.
Is the government building 48 'new' hospitals?
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Challenged at Prime Minister's Questions over the government's record on the NHS by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, Boris Johnson told MPs "we're building 48 new hospitals". But is this claim correct?
The government has three definitions of what constitutes a "new" hospital:
- A whole new hospital on a new site or current NHS land
- A major new clinical building on an existing site or a new wing of an existing hospital
- A major refurbishment and alteration of all but building frame or main structure
Ananalysis by the BBC and the Nuffield Trust in December 2021 found that of the 40 hospital projects already announced by the government (with eight more to be announced), 22 are rebuilding projects, 12 will be new wings within existing hospitals, three involve rebuilding non-urgent care hospitals and three are entirely new hospitals.
Yesterday, when the BBC asked for an update, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said the first of the 40 hospitals "opened for patients last year and a further six are in construction".
We have asked about the status of the other 33 and are awaiting a response.
You can see whether or not the government is meeting more of its pledgeshere.
Is the GP target going to be missed?
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Keir Starmer said there were "not enough GPs - [it's] too hard to get an appointment. That's why he promised 6,000 new GPs, but his health secretary admits he won't keep that promise."
The 2019 Conservative manifesto did indeed promise 6,000 more GPs for England by March 2025.
There were 35,855 full-time equivalent GPs in post in April 2022. That's up by 1,147 since the end of December 2019.
Asked about whether the target would be metby the Health and Social Care Committee in November 2021, Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: "I definitely want to see that increase, but I am not going to pretend that we are on track when clearly we are not."
Mr Johnson responded to Keir Starmer that "we now have 4,300 more doctors". That is the figure for the increase in hospital and community doctors in the past year.
But it is not the figure for GPs, which was the manifesto pledge Mr Starmer was talking about.
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The significant disruption at UK airports of recent weeks is expected to continue into the summer.
Read moreRees-Mogg’s different reactions to confidence votes
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InDecember 2018, Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke to the BBC about the result of theconfidence vote in Theresa May.
Thethen prime minister won the vote with 63% of Conservative MPsbacking her, somewhat better than the 59% who supported Boris Johnson lastnight.
At the time, Rees-Mogg described the 2018 verdict as “a terrible result for theprime minister... The prime minister must realise that under all constitutionalnorms she ought to go and see the Queen urgently and resign.”
However,he describedJohnson’s win – with a smaller majority than May – as “agood victory for the prime minister – he won comfortably – and now he isgetting on with business”.
On 6 June on Sky News, Rees-Mogg said of his earlier comments on May: “Everyone said to meafterwards that was absolute nonsense and I had to eat a good deal of my ownwords.”
Did Boris Johnson get more support than in 2019?
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Talking about the result of theconfidence vote, the prime minister said last night: "Don't forget thatwhen I first stood to be leader of the Conservative Party in 2019 I didn't getanything like that much support from my colleagues in Parliament."
It’simportant to remember that was a very different process – in the 2019leadership election there were several rounds of voting among Conservative MPsto get down to the final two candidates who would go to a ballot of the wholemembership of the party.
Thefinal ballot of Tory MPs was between Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt and MichaelGove.
BorisJohnson got 160 of the 312 votes (with one spoilt ballot) which was 51% and indeed lower than the 59%he received in Monday’s vote.
Butclearly in 2019 it was a choice between three candidates - whereas in Monday’svote it was just a choice between confidence and no confidence.
By Shruti Menon
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India's move to ban wheat exports rattled global markets, but the government says it won't have much impact.
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Police investigate whether a gathering involving Keir Starmer broke Covid rules.
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The European Union plans to ban all Russian oil imports which come in by sea.
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Most people wanting to come to the UK to work need to apply via a points-based system.
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Misleading images and manipulated videos are already being widely shared as campaigning begins.
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