At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson committed to an ‘independent inquiry’ into the coronavirus pandemic.
Responding to a question from acting leader of the Lib Dems, Ed Davey, the Prime Minister said it was not right to devote ‘huge amounts of official time’ to an inquiry when the UK is ‘in the middle’ of a pandemic, but did say that ‘certainly we will have an independent inquiry in to what happened’.

The Welsh Government has made up to £9 million available to support town centres recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

Blackburn with Darwen Council has announced fresh rules to restrict the spread of coronavirus in an effort to avoid a centrally imposed lockdown.

Action on Smoking and Health has suggested that more than one million people have given up smoking since the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Coronavirus outbreaks are up to 20 times more likely in large care homes, with the likelihood of infection tripling with every additional 20 beds.

Ombudsman finds that problems with the way councils are meeting new housing duties are making some homeless people’s situation worse.

Labour is calling on the government to release more information to local authorities to help contain local spread of coronavirus in future.

A new report from the ARCO and consultancy Carterwood has called for planning system to be reformed to reduce waste and inefficiency.

The government needs to act to prevent council tax loading £158 million in bailiff and court fees on to people who can’t pay following the pandemic.