Vaccine passports: Do I need one for going out, work and travel?

Vaccine passports could soon be needed to go on holiday, visit a pub or get a job, some businesses and politicians have suggested.

But critics say demanding proof of a Covid vaccination could discriminate against some people.

The government wants as many people as possible to be vaccinated, but it is not compulsory. The millions who have chosen to do so receive a record card and the immunisation goes on their medical record.

Plumbing firm Pimlico Plumbers is among those to say it will require employees to be vaccinated, and may not keep on those who don’t comply. Care home operator Barchester Healthcare has also said all new hires must get the jab.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said making new staff get inoculated could, in theory, be possible if it was written into their contracts.

But he said it was unlikely bosses could make existing workers have vaccines under their current contracts.