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Clarity and openness are key to vaccine confidence

Your editorial calling for clarity on the AstraZeneca vaccine’s side-effects risks both being unclear and undermining confidence (The Guardian view on the AstraZeneca vaccine: confidence from clarity, 7 April). You imply that the rate of potentially serious cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is 0.0001%. The important risk, though, is to those in the segment of the …

England’s traffic light system: what does it mean for holidaymakers?

People in England can start thinking about booking foreign holidays and trips to see overseas relatives this summer, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has said. But the blueprint set out by the government still raises a lot of questions – including about the potentially high cost of tests for holidaymakers. The consumer group Which? said: …

Average price of UK home jumps to record high of £254,606 in March

The average price of a UK home jumped by 1.1% in March to a record high of £254,606 as government measures to support the market continued to drive interest from buyers. The latest monthly snapshot of the market from Halifax showed that since March 2020, house prices had risen by 6.5%, or £15,430 in cash …

I was made redundant, but can’t find any help for mature learners

I was made redundant two months ago and have been actively looking for new opportunities. My job coach from the universal credit team seems largely uninterested and I feel I’m chasing shadows. All my experience is in hospitality, where I cannot find any jobs or affordable options to retrain. I am getting desperate: there are …

LV= ‘did not properly consult members’ on sale to private equity investor

The mutual insurer LV= has disregarded the interests of its members by moving to sell up to a private equity investor without properly consulting them, according to a parliamentary report with cross-party backing. LV=, a life insurer originally known as Liverpool Victoria, was founded in 1843 to allow Liverpool’s poor to cover burial costs. However, …