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Changes to insolvency rules to allow firms greater flexibility Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharms announced changes to insolvency rules to allow firms “greater flexibility as they face the current crisis”. “It is crucial when the crisis passes, as it will, we are ready to …

The home of Welsh rugby union is to be turned into the fourth emergency hospital to deal with an onslaught of coronavirus cases. The Principality Stadium has been offered to NHS Wales as a makeshift field hospital to provide 2,000 extra beds should hospitals in the Cardiff area become overwhelmed. …

By Paul Sandle and Estelle Shirbon | Reuters LONDON – Britain is scaling up coronavirus testing for frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff, with hundreds of tests due to be carried out in coming days and many more next week. The United Kingdom has so far reported 14,579 cases of …

Buckingham Palace has released photos of the Queen holding a ‘virtual’ weekly audience with the Prime Minister.  Her Maj is holed up at Windsor Castle for the duration, and is conducting her official business by telephone.  Glad to see she’s using a proper landline — which looks as if it …

Fury at Boris Johnson as it emerges No10 only asked on SUNDAY for research labs to lend the government vital coronavirus equipment – despite pledging mass testing a week ago Experts including the WHO say mass testing is crucial to combat coronavirus  Downing Street wrote to research labs on Sunday …

We are in unprecedented times with the most stringent measures ever imposed on our society brought in by Boris Johnson last night. The Prime Minister has ordered all of us to “stay at home” unless absolutely essential to try and help stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. This …

Boris Johnson has hinted he could ban all Britons from leaving their homes ‘within 24 hours’ if they refuse to keep the ‘absolutely crucial’ six feet apart. The PM used his daily press conference to warn there was ‘no doubt’ he would act to shut open spaces and limit all …

Boris Johnson has warned that people not following social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus outbreak are ‘putting other people’s lives at risk’ as he hinted he could ban all Britons from leaving their homes if they don’t keep six feet apart. It came as an 18-year-old died of Covid-19, marking …

Seven more people in Wales, a further three in Scotland, and a second person in Northern Ireland have died today after contracting coronavirus – bringing the total number of deaths to 281. The Scottish Government confirmed the number of people who have died after testing positive for the virus in Scotland has …

Boris Johnson will today urge Britons to celebrate Mother’s Day remotely by using video calls – as he admits the NHS is on the brink of being ‘overwhelmed’ by the coronavirus outbreak. The Prime Minister’s warning that ‘the numbers are very stark and they are accelerating’ came as the UK …