Families are spending thousands of pounds travelling abroad to vaccinate their children against Covid because of significant changes to who is eligible for jabs on the NHS.

Ministers face mounting pressure to U-turn and expand the eligibility criteria so that clinically vulnerable children and adults under 75 can receive the jab for free.

The Government decision to restrict access to the jabs – following advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) – has pushed more people to pay up to £100 for the vaccine privately in the UK.

However, private providers are not licensed to give the vaccine to children under 12, prompting some desperate parents to make the costly journey abroad.

Some parents want to vaccinate their children against Covid because they are vul

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