Sarah Ingham: Corbyn and his gang could scarcely have handled coronavirus worse than the Government

The public elected a Conservative Government, but they didn’t get one.

Why the Government is under pressure to confirm the date of the local elections

Moving them would require primary legislation, but despite bullish official pronouncements there is little certainty that we’ll be voting in May.

WATCH: ‘Many of us are concerned at being asked to approve a lockdown that could continue until March 31’, says Brady

The Prime Minister replies: “I can’t believe it will be until the end of March that the House has to wait before having a new vote and a new discussion.”

WATCH: Johnson – ‘Our emergence from the lockdown cocoon will not be a big bang, but a gradual unwrapping’

The Prime Minister says the new measures are on the statute book until March to allow for a phased and orderly easing of restrictions later.

Robert Sutton: The protection of civil liberties must be placed at the heart of a reformed Public Health Act

The dubious legal basis for lockdown restrictions should be clarified by making its scope explicit.