Keir Starmer urges No 10 to bring forward Covid isolation end date

Labour leader calls for date on which fully vaccinated in England can avoid self-isolation to match that of Wales

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Keir Starmer has challenged Downing Street to bring forward the date on which fully vaccinated people in England can avoid coronavirus isolation if they have been in contact with a person who has tested positive, in a move that would match a date of 7 August in Wales.

The call from the Labour leader - which adds to pressure from Conservative MPs - comes after the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, insisted on Thursday that the public had to stick with" the 16 August date.