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Data from @Airfinity shows global vaccine output is currently way below target, with supply problems fuelling ongoing division between countries over distribution. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/Xb08ajfSTl

On last night’s Twitter Ad Break - Ever wonder what a politicians’ worst day at work was like? Watch @AmberRuddUK & @YvetteCooperMP tell-all#Pestonpic.twitter.com/SiQlCl8Soy

Watch @AmberRuddUK, @YvetteCooperMP & actor @jasonsfolly describe the highs & lows of the past year in COVID ‘One Year ON’ during our Twitter ad break last night #Pestonpic.twitter.com/jny8g1Lwan

“Create all the legal routes…and then you’ll be able to close down the illegal routes because they won’t be needed anymore” @jasonsfolly argues that @PritiPatel hasn’t given enough information about how the government will set up official schemes for asylum seekers. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/9XZty6NevT

Has the UK done its fair share to help resettle refugees in recent years? @AmberRuddUK says “we’ve done a lot”, @jasonsfolly doesn’t agree when you compare us to other European countries. What do you think? #Pestonpic.twitter.com/F1v5jlEnd7

“The proposals today...are disgraceful and inhumane” @jasonsfolly tells @Peston that the government's new asylum plans “punish” people who arrive in the UK “in the only way they can” after fleeing persecution. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/CBx0PglTbY

Chief Economist @BankofEngland Andy Haldane tells @Peston that the success of the vaccine rollout wasn’t about “greed” or “capitalism” as @BorisJohnson suggested: “The vaccine success story...was about coordination, co-operation and co-creation” #Pestonpic.twitter.com/ZJZsf7ZQjE

“Many of us spent too many of our working hours doing the least productive, least well-paid form of work ever invented. Namely commuting” @BankofEngland’s Andy Haldane tells @Peston that he is certain we won’t fully return to a pre-pandemic style of working. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/edGBJjYUOo

A summer of spending? Recent polling by @YouGov shows that a quarter of younger people plan on using half or more of their savings made in the past year, the highest of any group. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/KChxbFX6V8

.@Peston: Will we have the fastest recovery for a century? @bankofengland‘s Andy Haldane: Yes. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/0OBCON4fjM

“I’ve always worried the brief doesn’t get enough attention if it’s just attached to somebody else with a big job”. @AmberRuddUK calls for the Women and Equalities Brief to be a full-time job. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/10fXMebVrC

“I can’t see how [@PritiPatel’s] methodology works unless she’s got completely new diplomatic arrangements in place” @AmberRuddUK tells @Peston there are flaws in the proposed new legal routes for asylum, including a lack of reciprocal arrangements with other countries. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/XmsSZ4Buek

“She’s not the first Home Secretary to try that and I’m worried about some of her initiatives” @AmberRuddUK tells @Peston that whilst Priti Patel is “absolutely right to try to break the link with the traffickers” she worries her new asylum approach might not work. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/BqwGt8dSxz

“My fear is that the government always delays on these COVID border measures” @YvetteCooperMP questioned why two thirds of hauliers coming into the UK are exempt from COVID testing - adding that strict border control has helped other countries during the pandemic. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/0TeSZI7Rac

Regular polling by @YonderConsult shows that coronavirus is the biggest news story in recent times, with near-universal levels of public attention over the past year. #Pestonpic.twitter.com/0hPD5fLU47