Read Sector Top story: Covid-19 kills senior Wuhan doctor Hello, it’s Warren Murray getting the show on the road this morning. The British government has said it is working to organise a flight to evacuate citizens from the cruise ship Diamond Princess, where more than 450 people have tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The US has … Read more
The former Commons Speaker John Bercow has described parliamentary staff members who allege that he bullied people as “snobs and bigots”, and claimed he is the victim of a concerted campaign to destroy his reputation. In conversation with Owen Jones at a Guardian Live event in Sloane Square in central London, he mocked those who … Read more
8.30pm GMT20:30 While the programme goes to an ad break, here’s a comment from Labour on the resignation of the PM’s adviser, Andrew Sabisky. Ian Lavery, the party chair, has said: It’s right that Andrew Sabisky is no longer working in government. He should never have been appointed in the first place. After No 10 … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has appointed Kate Forbes as Scotland’s first female finance secretary in a mini-reshuffle forced by the abrupt resignation of Derek Mackay earlier this month. Forbes was appointed to the post 11 days after being asked to present the Scottish government’s draft budget for 2020 with about 14 hours notice, after Mackay’s sudden resignation … Read more
A 95-year-old Italian man who has been in the UK for 68 years has been asked to prove he is resident in the country by the Home Office in order to remain after Brexit, despite receiving the state pension for the past 32 years. Antonio Finelli came to the country in 1952 when he answered … Read more