The Observer reports that Labour has accused Boris Johnson of being irresponsible after he said people had had enough “days off” at home during the pandemic and should try to go back to their offices.
The Observer reveals a list of sexual abuse claims against officers in the Met Police.
The Observer says demands are growing for greater legal protection after the government was “deluged with thousands of personal stories of harassment from women and girls across the country”.
The Observer leads on a poll suggesting 72% of the public believe the 1% pay rise offered to NHS workers is too low, as a backlash grows over the government proposals.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will offer individual grants of up to £18,000 as part of a £5bn rescue scheme to prevent bankruptcies, The Observer reports.
Boris Johnson is confident that 15 million Britons will have received their first vaccine by Monday, according to The Observer – with a leading scientist telling the newspaper that the UK repeatedly failed to heed early warnings about COVID-19.
The Observer reports that the volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by 68% last month compared with January last year, mostly due to problems with Brexit.
The Observer says the European Union’s threat to impose a vaccine border between Northern Ireland and the Republic risked reigniting one of Brexit’s bitterest disputes last night.Read analysis from Sky’s senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins here.
The Observer says ministers are at the centre of an “explosive row” over an outbreak of 500 cases of COVID-19 at the government’s DVLA driving licence agency HQ in Swansea.
