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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Monday 13th September 2021
5. Nearly a third of people arriving in England and Northern Ireland as the coronavirus Delta variant took off may have broken quarantine rules.
More than 300,000 cases were passed to investigators between March and May.
4. A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.
Documents show British American Tobacco (BAT) was involved in negotiations to pay between US$300,000 and US$500,000 to Mugabe's Zanu-PF party in 2013.
3. The UK needs to be better prepared for future economic shocks, says the TUC.
The union federation's general secretary, Frances O'Grady, will tell its annual congress later that covid is not going to be a one-off and that Climate change will be more disruptive the longer it takes us to get to net zero.
2. Plans to introduce vaccine passports for access into nightclubs and large events in England will not go ahead, the health secretary has said.
It was thought the plan, which came under criticism from venues and some MPs, would be introduced at the end of this month.
1. New border checks on EU goods entering the UK are on the brink of being delayed for the second time amid concerns they could fuel further disruption for supermarkets and shops in the run-up to Christmas.
Whitehall officials are currently locked in talks over further postponing the rollout of the post-Brexit border regime, just weeks before additional controls are due to start being implemented.