Rishi Sunak
US President Trump halted funding for the World Health Organisation saying he wants to investigate their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Canada has extended its lockdown with prime minister Justin Trudeau encouraging people to be disciplined. New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Arden and cabinet ministers will take a 20% pay cut in a move of solidarity with the people of New Zealand affected by coronavirus. And toy maker LEGO has modified their machines to manufacture personal protective equipment for frontlines workers.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak revives George Osborne’s claim as millennials face second “once-in-a-generation” economic crisis.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs the daily coronavirus conference as pressure mounts on the government to include rising fatalities in UK care homes in its figures. It comes after coronavirus cases were reported in 92 new care homes in the last 24 hours alone.
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.