Latest press conf -
Hancock defends govt performance on PPE, says doing everything they can + in direct talks with factories making kit, not all suppliers can provide at scale he says

Health Sec announces 50m to start human clinical trials of a vaccine backing Oxford and Imperial research teams

But stand by for mini-political storm-top Foreign Office civil servant said this afternoon it was & #39;political decision& #39; NOT to join EU wide procurement scheme for medical kit - Health Sec just flat contradicted him, said UK HAD joined scheme after all + it hasn& #39;t produced anything