Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Home Secretary Priti Patel is showing 'a steely determination' in her role.

The prime minister said he'd "put a call in to the North Pole" and Father Christmas is "raring to go, as are Rudolph and all the other reindeer".

Covid vaccines could immunise the "vast majority" of the UK's most vulnerable by Easter - meaning there may be no need for restrictions, Boris Johnson said.