750,000 recruited but 75,000 tasks completed. What’s happened to the NHS volunteer army?
Having extended its initial target to find 750,000 helpers, it seems the Government now has too many.
The shutdown will be with us for the duration. What the South Korean route out of it will mean – and why it’s now necessary.
Following this road will require a transformation of how we work and live on an expectation-defying scale.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Starmer has yet to master tabloid politics
The new Leader of the Opposition put Raab on the defensive, but has not yet discovered the transcendent virtue of brevity.
Many congratulations to Symonds and Johnson on the birth of their baby
He is the first child born to a sitting Prime Minister since the Camerons’ youngest child, and in anxious times will bring a smile to people’s faces.
What’s the Government’s worst-case scenario for second and further waves? And when could the NHS cope with it?
Until Ministers set out their thinking on answers, the future will be less clear than it might be. They should so this week.
The New Normal will be Very Abnormal Indeed. Here are 15 sets of questions about it.
How prepared are we for strict social distancing for the forseeable future, compulsory masks, closed leisure facilities – and a semi-functioning economy?
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Sunak induces sleep, but in his hair a few more streaks of grey appear
As the Chancellor launched his Bounce Back Loan, no one was able to ruffle his self-possession, or even tried seriously to do so.
The Prime Minister could not conceal the fact that an easing of the shutdown is coming soon
Our reading of his statement is that he intends to sketch out a plan before the first May Bank Holiday rather than after it.
The Scapecock
The Health Secretary’s defence of his department’s pro-lockdown stance has made him a target for those who want it eased.
Imagine a Cabinet Minister claiming that the Government is “guided by the economics”
The decision that Boris Johnson must make after his return this week is and can only be political – not scientific.
Unblocking the loans scheme traffic jam
The Chancellor is set to build a relief road to get round the present pile-up of Government, banks and business.
The latest track and trace plan is a significant shift in strategy
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer previously said the method was not appropriate for the UK.
What Conservative MPs told us about the lockdown’s future. The consensus is for a gradual easing.
But there is no simple split between the Left and Right of the Party, and no sense of rebellion, at least yet.
Why it’s too soon to pronounce on the number of people who’ve died in Britain of the Coronavirus
The effectiveness of such Government strategies as the lockdown can only be assessed after a mass of variables are controlled for.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Poor taste as the Business Committee tries to scrutinise Sharma
Our politicians seem determined, as they appear by videolink, to look like so many captives, held against their will in attics and basements.