Final details of funding package are to be thrashed out in crunch talks on Friday

The final details of a funding package to help the NHS deal with the legacy of Covid are to be thrashed out in crunch talks on Friday, with health service leaders fearing the final figure could be just half the £10bn they are demanding.

Senior figures from No 10, the Treasury and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are meeting to agree the size of the budget boost the NHS in England will receive in the next few years, the Guardian understands.

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