Daily Express

The Daily Express looks on the bright side of the budget, calling it the start of the UK economy’s post-COVID comeback.

The Daily Express describes it as “Rishi’s budget lifeline”.

The main two COVID vaccines are highly effective, the Daily Express says, as evidenced by data showing a dramatic drop in the number of over-80s being sent to intensive care.  

The chancellor will spend £1.65bn on coronavirus vaccines to get Britain back to normal sooner, according to the Daily Express.

England’s deputy chief medical officer has warned too many Britons risk ruining progress in the war on COVID by “taking their foot off the brake at exactly the wrong time”, the Daily Express writes.Jonathan Van-Tam’s warning is also our lead story.

The Queen evoked a “wartime spirit” in what the Daily Express calls a “shock message” encouraging people to get the COVID vaccine.

A group of senior Tory MPs are urging the chancellor not to hike taxes when he reveals his Budget next week, cautioning that families and firms should not be burdened as they try to bounce back from the pandemic, according to the Daily Express.

Holiday bookings soared 600% yesterday as Britons hoped to plan in a post-lockdown getaway, writes the Daily Express. Here’s the full story.

The prime minister has revealed his “cautious but irreversible” steps out of lockdown following a “wretched year”, writes the Daily Express.

The Daily Express says England’s lockdown will be eased cautiously, with reuniting families and the reopening of schools at the top of the priority list. Sky’s political correspondent Sam Coates says plenty will be disappointed by the slow pace of the lockdown easing.