The government is set to offer a vote to MPs on any “significant national measures” introduced to stem the spread of the coronavirus in a bid to see off a Commons rebellion from backbench Tories.
Meanwhile Boris Johnson has been accused of creating mass confusion over coronavirus restrictions by Sir Keir Starmer. The Labour leader said at PMQs: “If the prime minister doesn’t understand the rules … How does [he] expect the rest of the country to follow?
And there has been a furious response to reports Priti Patel considering building a centre for asylum seekers on Ascension Island – a volcanic outcrop in the Atlantic Ocean. Labour said the idea was “inhumane”, while a UN official called it “extremely inappropriate”.
