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Doctors are raising the alarm about “very, very busy” services - with one NHS trust calling for volunteers to help prone patients.

Johnson should use the public support for the NHS to set out why a new tax may be necessary to fund increasingly expensive care for an ageing population, the former health secretary said.

It comes as hospitals in the South face a rise in pressure as the number of coronavirus patients receiving treatment heads towards the April peak.

“I had someone say, ‘I’ll give you £2,000 for the vaccine’," the head of a private clinic said.

Paramedics in the capital are currently receiving almost 8,000 call-outs daily.

“Given it is notoriously difficult to prove that any lowering of protections affects trade or investment, the deal is unlikely to prevent the UK Government from weakening EU-derived labour and environmental policies if it so chooses."

Medical unions and Labour criticised the Government’s handling of the programme, which they said had not made enough progress in care homes.

"The blonde-haired, grinning, smirking, clueless clown in particular is less motivated by the impact of his policies and decisions on real people, than on himself, what the media say about him, and what his rich friends and donors think about him."

The Sikh community in Gravesend came together to make fresh hot food for lorry drivers stuck in Kent. "You don't have to be a Christian to believe in the season of goodwill"