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The chancellor has announced a series of spending pledges ahead of the autumn budget this week, which include £5bn for health research and innovation and £3bn for education.

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Ed Sheeran says he has tested positive for COVID-19, but will continue to perform and carry out interviews from home.

The health secretary has said he is "leaning towards" making the COVID-19 vaccine compulsory for NHS staff.

Rishi Sunak has refused to be drawn on the future of the eastern leg of HS2 just three days before announcing his spending plans in the autumn Budget later this week.

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When Rishi Sunak stands up to deliver his budget and three-year spending review on Wednesday it will be his first real opportunity to set the tenor of his chancellorship unencumbered from the immediate crisis of COVID - although the fall-out of this pandemic will undoubtedly loom large.

The government is not doing enough to train workers for the jobs needed to reach its net zero goals, a group of MPs has warned.

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Rishi Sunak will pledge to invest £6bn in tackling NHS waiting lists across England and improving the use of digital technology in hospitals in the budget this week.

Insulate Britain has pledged to restart its road-blocking protests despite legal injunctions which mean its members risk being fined or jailed.

Two million eligible people will be invited to receive a COVID-19 booster jab from the NHS this week, as the government seeks to see off a sharp rise in cases without introducing Plan B measures.

China has announced new details of its emissions reduction plans, promising that fossil fuels will form less than 20% of its energy mix by 2060.

UK officials have described the latest talks with the EU over the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol as "constructive", as a Brussels delegation prepares to travel to London on Tuesday.

London's pollution charge zone for older vehicles has become 18 times larger, impacting tens of thousands of motorists.

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Coronavirus booster jabs are being offered to 30 million vulnerable people nationwide - but there have been reports of widespread confusion over the rollout.

Twenty seven schools in England are using a facial recognition system to take lunch payments from children, with 15 more due to start using the system shortly.

A "record number" of coronavirus booster jabs were administered on Saturday, with more than 800,000 inoculations given in the past 72 hours, the NHS has said.