Matt Hancock unable to guarantee some hospitals won’t run out of gowns this week; further 58 deaths in Scotland brings total to 837; Wales death toll reaches 506 after 11 new deaths; 18 more deaths in Northern IrelandBoris Johnson and coronavirus: the inside story of his illnessCoronavirus latest: at a glanceWorld’s biggest trials of drug to treat Covid-19 get under way in UKCoronavirus – latest global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 3.02pm BST The two leading prison reform groups in the country have threatened the justice secretary, Robert Buckland, with legal action over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic in jails in England and Wales.The Howard League for Penal Reform and the Prison Reform Trust have written to Buckland setting out a proposed judicial review of his plans for reducing the prison population.”[T]he rate of releases has been too slow and too limited to make any substantial difference to the prison population and the plans…are incapable of achieving what the SoS has publicly acknowledged is required.”Read the letter in full here: https://t.co/SIihWO7Dz9 pic.twitter.com/RVUEY4TVhX 2.59pm BST Continue reading…
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