Latest updates: businesses have to make judgments on what is appropriate, says George Freeman

In his interview on Sky News this morning George Freeman, the science minister, implied that people in their 20s could contact their GPs about getting a booster jab. Kay Burley, the presenter, told him he was wrong. The NHS has said younger people should wait to be called for their booster, so that the older, more vulnerable people can be jabbed first.

In his interview with Sky News this morning George Freeman, the science minister, said that Boris Johnon was not a clown, and that it was “unhelpful” of President Macron to call him one. He suggested the jibe was linked to electioneering.

I think we are into pantomime season, aren’t we? And there is a French election coming.

It is a pretty unhelpful word. Of course, the prime minister isn’t a clown, he is the elected prime minister of this country with a very big mandate, leading this country through the pandemic.

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