Patrick Vallance
As PM finally admits the system isn’t good enough, some wonder if it will ever work properly.
Boris Johnson admits the service run by Tory peer Dido Harding must "improve" after posting worst ever contact tracing figures.
Chief scientific adviser warns government to give "realistic picture" as he underlined vaccine production could take years.
Boris Johnson is walking a fine line to keep MPs happy – but there are hints that a two-week "circuit breaker" around half-term could be on the cards.
PM clinging desperately onto anything that avoids more national restrictions.
Backbenchers watching for what government does, not what it says.
PM needs to show he's learning the lessons of the pandemic so far
Patrick Vallance also said there could also be 200 deaths every day by mid-November.
Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance will hold a snap briefing at Downing Street on Monday.
It won’t be like the ones we used to know. But it could save lives.