This week we analyse prime minister Boris Johnson’s game on social care reform, what the plan involves and whether the Conservative party and its voters will swallow tax rises. Political editor George Parker and economics editor Chris Giles dissect the details.
Plus we look at how the UK government hopes to try to avoid another coronavirus lockdown this winter through vaccine passports and booster jabs.
With cases already running high, are hospitals about to be overwhelmed? Health editor Sarah Neville and science reporter Oliver Barnes will discuss.
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Budget day special
Will the NHS face pressure over the winter?
A testy war of words breaks out in Whitehall
Why every day at Conservative conference is Johnson day
Keir Starmer’s clear break with the Jeremy Corbyn era
Boris Johnson undertakes his first major overseas trip
Looking in detail at the cabinet reshuffle
Britain’s diplomatic push over Afghanistan
Interview special: Liz Truss
Interview special: Sir Malcolm Rifkind
Interview special: Steve Baker MP
Interview special: Professor Neil Ferguson
Interview special: Anas Sarwar
Exemptions to isolation and the Northern Ireland protocol
Chaos and confusion over masks and levelling up
Freedom day too soon and English patriotism
Labour comes home in Batley and Spen
Travel woes and Brexit five years on
Lockdown continues, a shock in the Chilterns
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