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Article thumbnail: A server carries food past a sign promoting the British Government's "Eat out to Help out" COVID-19 scheme to get consumers spending again, outside a restaurant in Manchester, northwest England on August 3, 2020. - Britain's "Eat out to Help out" scheme began Monday, introduced last month by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help boost the economy claw its way from a historic decline sparked by the coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak visits local businesses in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/AFP) (Photo by JEFF J MITCHELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Article thumbnail: Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Live Stream of former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance giving evidence at Dorland House in London, during its second investigation (Module 2) exploring core UK decision-making and political governance. Issue date: Monday November 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry Live Stream of former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance giving evidence at Dorland House in London, during its second investigation (Module 2) exploring core UK decision-making and political governance. Issue date: Monday November 20, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
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Article thumbnail: Close-up of a girl with chickenpox measles on the body
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Article thumbnail: A laboratory staff works at Genethon, a non-profit gene therapy R&D organization in Evry on May 10, 2022. - Genethon, a non-profit gene therapy R&D organization founded by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Telethon) is dedicated to the conception, clinic and preclinic development of drugs of genic therapy for rare diseases. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: A laboratory staff works at Genethon, a non-profit gene therapy R&D organization in Evry on May 10, 2022. - Genethon, a non-profit gene therapy R&D organization founded by the French Muscular Dystrophy Association (AFM-Telethon) is dedicated to the conception, clinic and preclinic development of drugs of genic therapy for rare diseases. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY OCTOBER 30 File photo dated 08/05/2017 of an elderly man holding a walking stick. Dr Alex Allinson who is behind a Bill which could see the first place in the British Isles come a step closer to legalising assisted dying said he is "cautiously optimistic" a vote this week will go through. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday October 30, 2023. The Isle of Man parliament will vote on the Bill on Tuesday in what campaigners called a 'landmark vote'. See PA story POLITICS Dying. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 MONDAY OCTOBER 30 File photo dated 08/05/2017 of an elderly man holding a walking stick. Dr Alex Allinson who is behind a Bill which could see the first place in the British Isles come a step closer to legalising assisted dying said he is "cautiously optimistic" a vote this week will go through. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday October 30, 2023. The Isle of Man parliament will vote on the Bill on Tuesday in what campaigners called a 'landmark vote'. See PA story POLITICS Dying. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 7: Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch (L), and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities in the UK, Anneliese Dodds (2nd R), arrive to attend the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament on November 7, 2023 in London, England. The speech delivered by the monarch but written by the government sets out the government's priorities for the coming year. This session of parliament will lead up to the next general election. (Photo by Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 7: Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch (L), and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities in the UK, Anneliese Dodds (2nd R), arrive to attend the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament on November 7, 2023 in London, England. The speech delivered by the monarch but written by the government sets out the government's priorities for the coming year. This session of parliament will lead up to the next general election. (Photo by Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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