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Professor Neil Ferguson is now self isolating after developing symptoms of Covid-19.
Health minister Nadine Dorries has become the first MP to be diagnosed with coronavirus, and is now self-isolating after meetings at Westminster and Downing Street last week. Ahead of the budget announcement, the UK government has pledged to dedicate extra financial support to tackling the impact of Covid-19. Elsewhere, nearly 60 universities in the US have closed down to combat the spread of the virus, and Italy continues to enforce an unprecedented national lockdown.
The Metropolitan Police said the incident is not being treated as terror related.
Testimony of vulnerable victims has too often been given less weight than the rebuttals of powerful abusers, HuffPost UK news editor Ramzy Alwakeel writes.
Frontrunner for the Labour leadership role, Keir Starmer speaks with Paul Waugh in Westminster about his campaign to lead the Labour party. The Shadow Brexit Secretary discusses allowing people back into the party following their disastrous general election, how domestic violence responses need reform and how social care is the scandal of our modern age.
Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle has all of Westminster buzzing, with the shock resignation of Chancellor Sajid Javid. What does it reveal about how this government will go about their work?Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth discuss the cabinet reshuffle with Sajid Javid’s former special advisor Salma Shah.
Umunna's back in the City, Brake's learning to cook and Sandbach is spending time with the family.
Politicians drawing conclusions publicly before independent investigations have concluded risk devaluing the entire process, investigative journalist Lucinda Day writes.
Getting Brexit Done will suffice for an election campaign: getting Britain fixed will be the real test, writes Julian McCrae.
It's going to be a blue Christmas for Labour but will it be a blue decade?