WATCH: The Prime Minister counter-attacks on schools at PMQs
“Last week I asked him whether he would say publicly that schools are safe to go back to – he hummed and he hawed.”
WATCH: Johnson hails a life-saving steroid that will help counter the virus, and hints at an end for the two metre rule
“There is genuine cause to celebrate a remarkable British scientific achievement and the benefits it will bring not just in this country but around the world.”
WATCH: Today’s press conference. Raab goes solo.
For the first time, a senior Minister appears at one of these events unflanked by at least one scientist.
WATCH: ‘I wouldn’t support Churchill’s statue coming down’ – Lammy
The ‘idiots’ who attacked statue of Churchill ‘deflect from the central message of Black Lives Matter’ campaign. he says.
WATCH: Sunak admits two-metre social distancing rule under review
“I can very much understand the positive impact [getting rid of it] will have on businesses’ ability to open” he says.
WATCH: ‘They sting in a way that other things don’t,’ Sunak says about racist comments
The Chancellor talks about how he and his siblings were racially abused when they were young.
WATCH: “Remembering your face covering should be the same as picking up your wallet whenever you’re leaving the house” – Shapps
Transport operators will be empowered from Monday to refuse permission to travel to those not wearing them.
WATCH: Hancock says England’s NHS Test and Trace system “beat expectations” during its first week
Though the data shows that one third of people who tested positive for coronavirus did not have their contacts traced.
WATCH: Boris Bubbles. He announces that people living alone will be able to join another household.
Single parent families will also qualify – and he says it’s “premature” to ask whether imposing the lockdown earlier would have saved lives.
WATCH: Starmer “can’t have it both ways” on schools, says PM as he’s quizzed on Black Lives Matter, education and Trump
“He still can’t work out whether he’s saying schools are not safe enough or whether we should be going back more quickly.”
WATCH: Sharma – No haircuts until July 4. At least.
He also confirmed that the Government is keeping the two-meter social-distancing rule under review.
WATCH: “Yes, you’re right, we’re all right, to say that black lives matter” – Johnson.
“But I must also say that we are in a time of national trial…we can’t now let the virus get out of control.”
WATCH: Hancock says that it’s safe to take elderly family members into care homes
And he announced that all adult care homes will be able to have coronavirus tests regardless of whether residents or staff show symptoms.
WATCH: “It’s just a nonsense”. Hodge attacks decision to end ‘virtual Commons’.
“What’s happening this week, which makes me so angry, is I’m now allowed to vote but I can’t take part in debates.”
WATCH: Hancock – ‘I’m sure… that we made the right decisions at the right time’
The Health Secretary disagrees with the suggestion of a SAGE scientist that the Government did not implement lockdown early enough.