Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak refuses to discuss a lockdown extension but it now looks inevitable.
The update came from Downing Street two hours after Rishi Sunak said the prime minister was "sitting up in bed".
Chancellor Rishi Sunak says charities "playing a crucial role" but Labour says bailout "falls well short".
PM has been in an intensive care unit suffering from coronavirus.
As the number of people who died of coronavirus increases by 938 and the government looks set to extend UK’s lockdown further, the chancellor Rishi Sunak holds the daily press conference.
"The first thing that Premier League footballers can do is make a contribution, take a pay cut and play their part," health secretary Matt Hancock said.
For governments every scrap of revenue is critical, which makes losing between $500bn and $600bn a year to corporate tax dodging hard to stomach, writes Peter Marshall.
The US has overtaken China as the country with the highest number of covid-19 cases globally, topping 82,000. Meanwhile, WHO has said it is seeing “encouraging signs” after infection rates fall in Italy. The UK Government has now extended pay grants to the self-employed.
Families face financial stress, as the disease continues its awful trajectory.
The perils of working from home.