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"If you’re out panic buying today you’re a b*llend ... get a grip"

"The corruption around this Tory Government is so blatant it doesn’t even seem to raise eyebrows anymore! COVID19 just seen as an opportunity!"

The British Medical Association also said it was “regrettable that warnings from Sage were not actioned as long ago as 21 September”.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s original furlough scheme paid 80 per cent of wages up to a maximum of £2,500 a month

The Match of the Day star has taken the new guidelines to an ironic extreme.

“Without a change, the NHS would have been overwhelmed within weeks and it would have been difficult if not impossible to cope in the winter months with the inevitable increase in caring for people with Covid as well as non-Covid illnesses."

“We have all already made huge sacrifices and we are in an increasingly precarious situation as hospital admissions grow each day."

The Prime Minister is expected to be joined by Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance in Downing Street at 5pm, following a meeting of his Cabinet earlier in the afternoon.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said her solitary cell “gave me panic attacks” because she was claustrophobic, and that Iranian police had made threats concerning her young daughter Gabriella.