Health Secretary Matt Hancock should take the Covid vaccine - and then all MPs - before it is rolled out to the general public to restore trust in politicians, a commentator has said.
Merryn Somerset Webb, editor-in-chief of Money Week, challenged the Cabinet minister to be first in line to take pharmaceutical firm Pfizer's vaccine candidate, which has proved 90 per cent effective in trials.
During a slightly adapted version of BBC's Question Time on Thursday, panelists and 16 virtual audience members were allowed to ask Mr Hancock quick fire questions.
Several people in the audience - this week from Dover - voiced concerns about taking any vaccine, which has been developed in a matter of months.