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- The government has granted the NHS immediate authorisation to use dexamethasone, the 50p a day steroid that Oxford University researchers say can cut Covid-19 deaths by a third for patients on ventilators. Ross Clark has the details.
- Keir Starmer confirmed in PMQs today he believes it is safe for children to return to school. James Forsyth has the details below.
- More than half of businesses plan to make redundancies within three months of the government’s furlough scheme expiring.
- More than two million vulnerable people under order to shield themselves at home can stop isolating at the end of July, according to the Telegraph.
- Quarantine-free ‘air bridges’ with other countries could be agreed upon by the end of the month, allowing UK holidaymakers to travel abroad.
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