Daily Telegraph

Anyone thinking of an Easter holiday abroad will have their plans scuppered as those trying to leave the UK will have to show a permit proving they are travelling for essential reasons, writes The Daily Telegraph. You can read more on this here.

Proof that EU leaders have changed their minds over the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, says The Daily Telegraph, has come after they blocked exports of the jab to Australia.

The Daily Telegraph focuses on the tax element of Rishi Sunak’s budget, calling it a “five-year grab”.

The Daily Telegraph leads with the same story.

The Daily Telegraph goes with new data showing how effective the main two COVID vaccines are, as evidenced by falling numbers of over-80s being sent to intensive care.  

The Daily Telegraph leads with the search for a mystery COVID-19 patient thought to be one of the first in the UK to have a Brazilian variant of the virus which may spread more rapidly and evade vaccines.

Downing Street has been urged to intervene in the escalating Salmond-Sturgeon feud as the former Scottish first minister accused his successor of leadership “failure”, according to The Daily Telegraph.Get a round-up of Alex Salmond’s inquiry appearance here.

The Queen’s comments on people who are unsure about whether to have the vaccine also lead The Daily Telegraph. The 94-year-old had the jab at Windsor Castle in January, the paper adds.

England could have all restrictions lifted sooner than 21 June if real-world data of the effect of vaccines is better than expected, according to The Daily Telegraph.