Operational Delivery

Union demands answers after 2,000 staff at Home Office division earmarked for return to work despite coronavirus lockdown

Tax agency in talks with PCS over coronavirus protocol for HMRC offices

Move comes as event venue is turned into a temporary hospital as part of Covid-19 response

Matt Hancock issues instruction to ensure no “barrier or delay” to taking action in “extraordinary circumstances”

FCO to return flights where commercial airlines are no longer operating, says Raab

National Audit Office questions financial planning for keeping top institutions in good repair

BEIS perm sec will move to become Cabinet Office perm sec as he takes on roles held by John Manzoni

The prime minister's letter will be sent to 30 million households, Number 10 said. Read it in full here

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"

Chancellor hints at changes to the way the self-employed are taxed once crisis is over to ensure “all pay in equally in future”

MPs told previous verbal and numeric testing regime was slashing candidate pool by half

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

MPs and campaigners say department will not be trusted after report said the department had shown decades of "ignorance and thoughtlessness" on race.

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

Ministers urged to introduce wage-guarantee scheme as data underscores lack of savings and reliance on credit

Action by four governments comes as “spike of the virus is increasing at a faster pace than anticipated”, according to English education secretary

Steps to tackle ‘economic emergency’ let out in Downing Street press conference

Chancellor Rishi Sunak to set out economic measures this afternoon

PM urged to ‘bring more light and less heat’ to the immigration debate after Brexit

Analysis of public spending figures indicates that much of announced spending increases will be taken up by existing policy plans