What’s in Boris Johnson’s Winter Covid plan?

Our deputy political editor David Bond joins us as speculation mounts about how the government plans to get the country through the next few months as doctors warn of another Covid peak. Will we, as rumoured, face a “firebreak” lockdown if the NHS becomes overwhelmed with cases? Will facemask mandates and other restrictions make a comeback? Is the vaccine passport really dead? We also talk about the Prime Minister’s £650bn push to boost the economy with a promise to deliver 425,000 new jobs a year over the next four years, though the investment is partly reliant on the private sector. 

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