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Trial begins for new contact tracing app while government’s top scientists are questioned by MPs Coronavirus latest: at a glance Global coronavirus updates – live See all our coronavirus coverage 7.30am BST Isle of Wight Tory MP, Bob Seely, urged people in his constituency to back the new coronavirus contact-tracing app being piloted on the … Read more

Downing Street is facing fresh calls for transparency about the expert advice it receives after it published the names of 50 experts who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which discusses how to handle the coronavirus epidemic. The list of names, which is not complete, was released after critics raised questions about … Read more

Towns or regions could face specific lockdowns if local coronavirus spikes are detected, government sources have said, amid warnings of a second peak in the north-west of England. The government had repeatedly said it did not favour the idea of different geographical regions coming out of lockdown at different times. However, it is considering whether … Read more

Workers may refuse to turn up or stage walk-outs unless the government helps guarantee their safety, trade unions have warned amid anger over guidance designed to ease the lockdown. As ministers prepare to urge the country back to return to work, Labour joined a string of trade unions in criticising draft guidelines for being vague, … Read more

Rare to hear that our government has done something “too well”, but it seems they’ve finally managed it. As the Financial Times reported on Friday, government messaging has successfully scared Britons into staying inside, so successfully that we are now too afraid to ever go outside again, and now various departments are left scratching their … Read more