Boris Johnson is set to address Parliament about the coronavirus crisis, as 100,000 people have now died from the virus in the UK.
The Prime Minister will address MPs at around 1:15pm and will replace Matt Hancock's previously scheduled appearance.
Mr Johnson faces fierce criticism over his handling of the pandemic, with coronavirus claiming more lives in this country than anywhere in Europe.
Just the USA, India, Brazil and Mexico have seen more Covid fatalities, and yesterday's daily death toll of 1,631 saw the official figure rise to 100,131 - reports Mirror Online.
Yesterday in a TV address from Downing Street the Prime Minister told the public: "We did everything we could."
Last night the Prime Minister said it was “hard to compute” the scale of loss but refused to say why he thought the tragic figure was so high.
He is under growing pressure to confirm an independent public inquiry into how the UK has one of the worst death tolls in the world.
Mr Johnson told a No 10 briefing: “I am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost and, of course, as I was Prime Minister I take full responsibility for everything that the Government has done.
“What I can tell you is that we truly did everything we could, and continue to do everything that we can, to minimise loss of life and to minimise suffering in what has been a very, very difficult stage... crisis for our country, and we will continue to do that”.
The PM announced there would be some kind of memorial to honour those who had lost their lives to Covid.
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England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty braced the country for “a lot more deaths over the next few weeks” before the vaccine has an impact.
Prof Whitty cautioned against relaxing lockdown “too early” as official data suggested cases were decreasing more slowly.
Prof Whitty admitted that England got key parts of its Covid response wrong - including on the wearing of masks.
He said: "We’re going to have to continue to learn the lessons from this pandemic because there is a lot for us to learn from it."
