English councils can offer cash for rough sleepers to get Covid jabs, says minister

Eddie Hughes says local authorities can use part of 28m protect and vaccinate scheme to incentivise jabs

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Rough sleepers in England can be offered cash and food vouchers if they agree to having a Covid jab, the government has confirmed.

Eddie Hughes, the minister for rough sleeping, said councils could use part of the government's 28m protect and vaccinate scheme to incentivise vaccinations for those on the streets, in the first scheme of its kind in the UK.