UK coronavirus live: No 10 refuses call for urgent review of 'second wave' readiness

Keir Starmer condemns PM for ‘dodgy answers’ at PMQs; Johnson claims UK has effective ‘cluster-busting’ operation; further lockdown easing in Scotland announcedHealth leaders call for review of second wave risk Key points for businesses in England on how to reopenFive children have died of coronavirus in UK, study revealsEight times Chris Whitty has diverged from the government lineGlobal coronavirus updates – live 2.46pm BST The Downing Street lobby briefing is over. Here are the main points. I wonder whether [Starmer] can name a single country in the world that has a functional contact-tracing app? Because there isn’t one.While it’s certainly true that some countries have launched track-and-trace apps, it may be too early to know whether these apps are having the intended effect in helping to contain the spread of the pandemic.Boris Johnson makes misleading PMQs child poverty claims for second week in a rowhttps://t.co/DbpuD07rV4 2.43pm BST Robert Jenrick, the housing secretary, has pledged to release “all relevant information” connected to a major property development involving the Tory party donor Richard Desmond. Speaking in the Commons, in the debate on a Labour motion saying all the papers should be published, he said he would outline the timeline of events and the rationale for his decision-making over the Westferry Printworks planning decision.As PA Media reports, Jenrick said further information would be released later today, noting that discussions and correspondence “which the government would not normally release” would be made public. Continue reading…
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