内容摘要：Alongside this are plans to make it easier to build, delays to new rules on banks and the ousting of the

Alongside this are plans to make it easier to build, delays to new rules on banks and the ousting of the

More than four weeks on from us all learning when the general election would be – and less than a fortnight from polling day - allegations around some of those who are suspected of knowing something in advance continue to make headlines.And there may be more to come.

to read top political analysis, gain insight from across the UK and stay up to speed with the big moments in the general election campaign. It’ll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.If Labour wins the general election it will need an "effective opposition" in Parliament, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the BBC.Mr Hunt is the latest senior Conservative to publicly acknowledge his party could be on course for defeat.

He urged people not to vote for Reform UK, claiming this would result in fewer centre-right MPs.Earlier, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said opinion polls suggested Labour was heading towards "the largest majority virtually in the history of this country".

And last week Grant Shapps

, with the party's power "unchecked".Crucially though protection against severe disease has proved far more long-lasting.

Then there were safety concerns.The AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines were

The Pfizer and Moderna jabs, meanwhile, have been, which usually clear up without long-term damage.