Five new ministerial-led taskforces have been set up to develop plans for how and when closed sectors can reopen safely.

Labour has called for a new coronavirus food plan to become part of new farming and food laws, as part of an amendment to the Agriculture Bill.

Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram have warned that the government’s change of coronavirus message comes ‘too early’ for the North West.

The government has expanded the team leading on the rapid nationwide roll-out of the coronavirus test and trace programme.

The furlough scheme will be extended by a further four months with workers continuing to receive 80 per cent of their current salary.

Andy Burnham has called for more support from the government for cities outside London to ease lockdown restrictions.

The British Safety Council has demanded that no worker be forced back to their workplace until it has been made safe.

Crucial data must be shared with councils to make use of their local knowledge and ensurenational efforts to track coronavirus succeed.

Boris Johnson has unveiled new plans to begin easing lockdown in the UK, but questions have been raised over its detail and suitability.

Far more people will be cycling and walking thanks to plans to boost active transport, launched by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

MPs will be allowed to vote on new laws without being present in the Commons for the first time in its history.

The Public Accounts Committee has claimed that many children with SEND are seeing their education damaged by failings in provision.

A unique collaboration will look at how to address the depth of health inequalities in the black African and Caribbean communities.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change is integral to the UK’s coronavirus recovery package.

Dan Jarvis has urged the Prime Minister to put walking and cycling at the heart of plans to get the country moving again.

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