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From today Uber will give its 70,000 UK drivers pensions, holiday pay and a minimum wage. So what does it mean for the workers, the fares and Uber's business model?

After a landmark court case Uber now says it will now recognise its UK drivers as workers rather than self-employed "partners". It means they're entitled to certain rights and benefits. Sean hears from Uber's UK boss and talks to Nigel Mackay from Leigh Day, one of the lawyers who brought the case which changed everything.

P&O says it's putting cruises back on, offering short trips around the UK coast this summer. But as the boss tells Sean, you'll need to have had a jab if you want to go.

And as census letters land on our mats, why does the government want us to fill them in and what is all that data used for?

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