Health & Social Care

Comments come as PM’s top adviser Dominic Cummings self-isolates after developing symptoms

PM says he will continue to lead the national fight-back against coronavirus "thanks to the wizardry of modern technology"

In February 2019, Matt Hancock announced plans for a new innovation agency in the NHS. A year on, its chief executive, Matthew Gould, talks to Beckie Smith about health data, listening to patients, and his move from diplomacy to digital

IFS says a job-matching scheme could provide staffing boost in priority areas like the NHS and supermarkets

Downing Street strengthens messaging as Boris Johnson closes shops and tells people to stay at home

Critics say government is failing to provide clear guidance to public on social distancing as PM threatens lockdown

Current operators will run services under new ‘emergency measures agreements’

Cabinet Office and DfE reveal list of occupations where people will still be able to send their children to education settings

Full details of new range of powers across five key areas

Ramping up testing now a priority for ‘data-driven’ strategy, chief scientist tells MPs

Better data is transforming official statistics and there is huge potential for it to help resolve large and pressing issues facing society, says the national statistician

Chancellor Rishi Sunak to set out economic measures this afternoon

Prime minister to lead daily briefings alongside officials in effort to ensure clarity of government plans

Covid-19 strategy aims to reduce the peak of the outbreak, “not to suppress it completely", Patrick Vallance says

Negotiations will not take place in person, but both sides are exploring possible video discussions

Move to be confirmed later today after PM chairs COBRA meeting

£5bn public service response fund and business loans and grants among measures announced in Budget

Civil servants are following the advice of Public Health England, which is tracing people who have come into contact with Nadine Dorries

Boris Johnson and top officials warn that crisis will get worse

"We are well prepared as a country to deal with this outbreak," Sedwill tells officials

Whitty says 'social cost' of measures like school closures means government will wait until the “last possible point” to implement them

Emergency meeting lays out steps ministers could take if outbreak spreads, including calling up retired doctors to help staff hospitals

Emergency committee meeting planned after PM visits hospital to discuss preparations for treating virus

Big numbers for capital spending in next month’s budget won’t fix decade of austerity, think-tank warns