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This is messy. 1. Originally GM submitted bid for 90m to be able to keep paying staff whos jobs on hold equivalent of furlough until end financial year, based on

Morning! It is Sept 2020, but autumn sabre rattling over Brexit is very much back with PM upping the rhetorical ante overnight naming an Oct 15 deadline for trade talks

So for England, here's your new normal1. Pubs + hospitality + hairdressers opening sat 4th2. '1 metre plus' - the new rule on social distancing3. 2 households now allowed to

1. Finally, official statement from No 10 ... ‘Owing to his wife being infected with suspected Coronavirus and the high likelihood that he would himself become unwell, it was essential

No 10 says Starmer 'inaccurately + selectively' quoted the March 12th guidance - see it in full for yourself here -https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-social-or-community-care-and-residential-settings-on-covid-19/guidance-

Like last week, Johnson suffers when he doesn't have rowdy backbench cheerleaders behind him The lawyer beating the showman hands down this week

One minister told me yday govt would def hit the 100k target on capacity, but on the number of tests carried out it wasn't clear yet although they were still

Sir Simon retracted which is unusual enough - worth remembering EU schemes have so far not delivered vital kit, but...https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1252702077480054787 Sources part of Cobra talks at start of pandemic say

and there it ishttps://twitter.com/TomTugendhat/status/1252679936768344070 McDonald says that there was a 'misunderstanding' and ministers weren't briefed by UK mission in Brussels - but doesn't say whether ministers were briefed on i

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

Parliament comes back today, in a way, with limited numbers, limited days, no voting yet, and MPs videocalling in - you'll be relieved to know dress code still applies -

PM has been moved from intensive care back to the ward at St Thomas’ hospital Johnson said to be in ‘extremely good spirits’ - good news