this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines... borisjohnson prepares to ask mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england. the new restrictions are due to come into force this thursday. we'll be getting the latest from westminster, where some tory mps say they will vote against the government. facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is "immense". we are nervous, we don't know where it's going to end and i think that's oui’ it's going to end and i think that's our biggest problem. his hollywood reputation in tatters: johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper, over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". the presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key battle ground states. and coming up — what a catch! the metro train that was saved from disaster, by a giant sculpture of a whale‘s tail.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is preparing to ask mps to support a new national lockdown in england to last four weeks. in the commons later this afternoon, he's expected to warn that covid—i9 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic. he will say there is "no alternative" to the measure, which is due to start on thursday, and to end on the 2nd of december. he is expected to stress that he intends to ease restrictions after a month. from thursday, people will be told to stay at home, except for specific reasons. pubs, restaurants, gyms and nonessential shops will close. but takeaways will be permitted, and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one

other person from another household outside in a public place. labour is supporting the move, but have criticised the delay in bringing it in. meanwhile, some conservative mps say they'll oppose it. our political correspondent chris mason reports. it was always feared the turning of the seasons, autumn and winter could see a surge in coronavirus cases. it was that blunt reality that forced the prime minister and his scientific advisers to tell us from downing street at the weekend that another lockdown for england was coming. hello. how things change. backin coming. hello. how things change. back in the summer, the chancellor was serving up discounts to allure us was serving up discounts to allure us back to restaurants. now, alongside pubs, cafes and other shops regarded as nonessential, he is saying they will have to shut. we have to be humble in the face of nature. we are dealing with a virus that has clearly moved at a pace

faster than we had anticipated or feared. it is the last thing that we wa nt to feared. it is the last thing that we want to do, to bring in such restrictive measures. we strove very ha rd to restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. there is a round of the prime minister say he sees a moral and medical responsibility to act. in the commons this afternoon, boris johnson will say that the scientific projections he has been shown are all bleak, and the consequences of doing nothing would be grim. but he will face sharp questions from opposite him, from labour and others, but also from behind him. take a listen to this, to one of his most senior backbenchers talking to the westminster hour on radio four. if these kind of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country around the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil, and

here the removal of people's fundamental liberties is going almost without comment. welcome, sir kier. but addressing the british industry this morning, the labour leader agreed the government should have knocked england down sooner and strikingly sought to blame rishi sunak. the chancellor's name is all over this. his decision to block a circuit breaker, to dismiss it as a blunt instrument, and to pretend that you can protect the economy without controlling the virus will now mean that businesses have to close for longer. attention now turns here to the house of commons, as mps return from half term to once again weigh up the most profound issues imaginable. lives, liberties and livelihoods with no easy answers to be found. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. let's speak to our political correspondent, iain watson.

as we heard there, there is a concern december two will come and go and there won't be any change. that's absolutely right, simon, that is the concern on the conservative backbenches. the trouble boris johnson has with his own mps as they simply don't believe when he reaches december two, the severe lockdown in england will be over, and they want some guarantees from him, either today in his commons speech, in an hour or so's time, or before mps vote on this on wednesday, that there will never be another lockdown of this severity, he will have a plan, an exit strategy from the lockdown, and he will make some improvements to test, track and trace in the next months. there are some good news for some of those mps, ithink some good news for some of those mps, i think an attempt by downing street to limit the number of potential rebels on wednesday, they say that yes there will be a vote for mps on the way forward, but the existing regulations will expire at a minute past midnight on december two, and therefore mps will have a say on what replaces them. they also

say on what replaces them. they also say it will be their intention to return to a regional system in england to a tiered system, those three tiers of restriction based on the prevalence of the virus in any given area. some mps i have spoken to this morning, i don't think that will be quite enough to convince them to support their own government, but the hope is they will be relatively small in number, but some of them have much wider worries about what even month—long restrictions will do to local businesses in their area, and they are also worried about whether the prime minister is more or less a prisoner of his scientific advisers, if they have perhaps been overstating the problem, because some of them are pointing up to me that in areas that had the severe tier 3 restrictions, there is a mixed picture, i have to say, but in one or two local authority area such as the city of manchester, the number of infections, although high, has been falling. so really boris johnson's audience this afternoon will be some of those mps, can he

convince them that he does have to make this moral and medical case for a month—long restrictions. other critics will be potentially if you like bought off or reassured by the prospect of a further vote just before these restrictions expire. but i am being told very clearly that if it looks as though there will be a defect oh lockdown continuing, for example if the whole country was effectively in tier 3 restrictions beyond the 2nd of december, any rebellion at that point would very much highly be this wednesday when the measures are expected to go through with labour support, albeit also with labour criticism. interesting that, particularly interesting to hear sir keir starmer turning his attention on the chancellor. yes, that's right, i think for a couple of reasons actually. the chancellor has seemed more popular than boris johnson during this, stepping in with some of the good news, including for example the initial furlough scheme, the eat out to help out scheme and all the rest of it,

andi out scheme and all the rest of it, and i think they will want to make sure that they can to some extent shoot down his ascendant star and make sure they are attacking the chancellor as well as the prime minister, number 11 as well as number 10 downing street. i think the other reason there is that they also want to focus too on the economic cost of lockdown. they are saying the government acted too late, that when the chancellor is one of the people behind the scenes who are arguing for keeping the economy open for as long as possible, and they also want to attack the apparent lack of generosity in the furlough scheme. it has been extended for a further month but not any longer than that and labour have been arguing that it is certainly in the most affected sectors, which include aviation and of course hospitality, then a more generous system should persist. so it is interesting they have him in their targets too are notjust the prime minister. they already began that strategy a few weeks ago actually, when they ran a social media campaign, saying that rishi sunak‘s name media campaign, saying that rishi suna k‘s name was media campaign, saying that rishi sunak‘s name was all over it so they wa nt to

sunak‘s name was all over it so they want to make sure it is his name all over it. some wild rumours are that borisjohnson over it. some wild rumours are that boris johnson might step over it. some wild rumours are that borisjohnson might step aside and rishi sunak would be rushed in to replace, so in the classic phrase, labour are getting their retaliation in first. thank you. the business secretary has been defending the government's decision to bring in a second lockdown to industry leaders at the cbi conference. there was criticism from cbi boss dame carolyn fairburn, who said companies couldn't be expected to act when they learned of government policy through a series of lea ks and speculation. our business correspondent theo leggett reports. across the country, struggling businesses are being forced to shut up shop once again. the government had wanted to avoid another national lockdown in england by relying on local restrictions. but now the strategy‘s changed. now for something a little more extreme... and for this gym, which offers classes for children and parents,

it is another blow. it is devastating, as always. it is a complicated problem, and there is no easy solution, but as a small business owner, we face this before, we will face it again, we are quite adaptable. we are lucky, we are nervous, we don't know where it is going to end, and that is our biggest problem. speaking to industry leaders at the annual conference today, the business secretary tried to explain why the government had to act. in the face of the evidence, you have to act, and of course it is regrettable that we are having to take this particular action, but this is about safeguarding the nhs and ultimately making sure that we can come out of this the other side. the chancellor has already said he will extend the furlough scheme, under which the government will pay up to 80% of the wages of employees who aren't able to work. the new lockdown in england comes as wales is preparing to end its own two—week firebreak in early november. and the government will come under

intense pressure to ensure this is the last time the entire country has to put the brakes on the economy because of covid. theo leggett, bbc news. let's now speak to louise howard—long, she is the owner of achitect hair salon in leeds. louise, thank you forjoining us. here we go again. yes, yes. i suppose it has to be done, but i can't help thinking that this should have happened a long while ago. it is going to really affect our christmas. luckily, we are a busy salon, an established salon, so we can keep going. we will use the time wisely, but realistically i don't think there was any real need for this. we should have had action earlier. when you say you can keep going, i mean, you're going to have to close, aren't you? well, yeah, the business as a whole keep going.

yes, we are going to have to close. we will use the time to train our tea m we will use the time to train our team and we will probably do a little bit of work on the salon. but, yes, we have to close for four weeks, and people say to me will you ever get the money back that you lost in the first lockdown, and you can't even think about regaining that money, that is just gone. to think about it would be so depressing. that money is gone, and it won't ever come back, and the money we lose from this won't ever come back. what about staff? the furlough scheme, was that something you took advantage of and something you took advantage of and something you will need again? yes, we will do again. we had to use the furlough scheme. without that, we would have gone under, anybody would have gone under. i have a team of ii

gone under, anybody would have gone under. i have a team of 11 people, and everybody went on furlough and we topped up towards the end and we will probably top up again this time. but to keep a team like that going without any assistance would be impossible. let's return to the timing of this, because nobody would wa nt to timing of this, because nobody would want to be a prime minister overseeing something like this. it is an impossible job. overseeing something like this. it is an impossiblejob. difficult decisions. but when do you think the mistake was made? well, the mistake was made when they stopped looking at what was going on in other countries. you know, they saw italy on its knees and didn't do anything about it, they saw a second wave coming to other countries and haven't done anything about it. you know, they were told in the beginning of september that we needed to go on another lockdown, and they said that they weren't

going to do it. i genuinely think they make up their policies on the back of a fag packet the evening before. it is shocking, the level and standard of government is just appalling. they say that they have to put lives first. they have on the one hand the scientific advice, on the other hand they have businesses like yours and they said they know the impact this is going to have on you. do you think they get it? that they get what is happening to the country? no, idon't, idon't they get what is happening to the country? no, i don't, i don't think they get that at all. you know, if they get that at all. you know, if they have the scientific advice they should listen to it when they first get it. they were told to lock down a long time ago, and, you know, i wouldn't wish this situation on anyone, but the way that they have run this country has been shocking. it's appalling. you know, we could

bea it's appalling. you know, we could be a leader in this, and we are just a nasty little third rate country whose government clearly don't care. about their people. well, let'sjust try and be positive, the 2nd of december on the basis the government says that is when this will end come on the basis that perhaps christmas can be better than it looks as though it might be at the moment. believe me, me and my team will be happy and laughing and so welcoming our clients back. no matter what, we will stay positive, and i can get really angry, grumpy about the government, but my business will keep on going. we will rocket. whenever christmas comes, we will rocket. thank you for coming on. scotland's new tier system came into effect today. the country split into five tiers, from zero to four. each of its 32 local authorities has initially been graded

between levels one and three, with people in tier 3 being told to make only essential journeys outside their area. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. it's all change in scotland. the government here shaking up the restrictions to curb the spread of covid. this cocktail bar in hamilton had switched to delivering food and drink. they can now welcome customers back, but they won't be allowed to serve them booze. we could open as a cafe but it would be a real struggle for us because pretty half of our gross that we make is from our drinks. and it's basically, that's completely obliterating half of the business for us. as well as that, there's lot of established cafes around here, about eight around the vicinity who have been doing this for a long, long time and have a loyal customer base. more than 3 million people in scotla nd more than 3 million people in scotland will be living under the level three restrictions. that now includes a requirement for senior peoples and secondary schools to

wear face coverings in class and the teachers. people in this area also also being asked not to travel outside their council area but the first minister said with england heading into lockdown and furlough in place for november, she can't rule out a similar move here. so the decision we have to weigh up in coming days is this one. should we ta ke coming days is this one. should we take the opportunity of more generous financial support to step harder on the brakes now? the potential benefit of that would be suppressing the virus further and faster at a time when financial support is available, and possibly, i don't want to overstate this, but possibly opening up a bit more breathing space over the christmas period. this bar in lerwick in shetland, where the restrictions are being eased, supports the scottish government because my cautious approach. some parts of the country have, though, questioned where they have, though, questioned where they have been placed on the new system. i don't think anyone should open up, i think it needs to be a working

development, see how it goes. we are in this for the long run. we need to make sure we take it slowly and steadily otherwise we will go back to square one and i don't think anybody wants that. and for all in scotland, this morning from nicola sturgeon: don't travel to england u nless sturgeon: don't travel to england unless it's absolutely essential. lorna gordon, bbc news. wales's first minister, mark drakeford, has set out how he proposes to come out of the country's firebreak lockdown which ends in a week. our wales correspondent tomos morgan had this update from cardiff. so on the 9th of november, just four days after england begins its lockdown, the firebreak will end in wales. what will happen then will be a gradual easing of restrictions, when a few things will happen straightaway. two households will be able to bubble, and that will be the same for both inside and outdoors. 15 people can meet up in a group activity inside. 30 people outside. gyms, restaurants, bars and cafes will be open, and cafes will reopen, but regarding the hospitality

sector, first minister mark drakeford said that there would be continued discussions this afternoon on how that sector will operate, now that the lockdown will be in effect in england from thursday. they don't want to see people coming between the two nations on the border. travel will be prohibited outside of wales, but people can holiday within wales, and talking about england, now that that lockdown is in place, mark drakeford said that they would be a ban now between people travelling between the two neighbouring countries. it is really important that, as we open up, wales doesn't become an escape for people seeking to circumvent the new tighter restrictions imposed by the prime minister. there will be no travel restrictions inside wales, but during the month—long lockdown in england, travel will not be permitted outside wales, without a reasonable excuse.

there will be a few exceptions for people travelling between wales and england. that will be for work purposes, or for care purposes, but other than that, there will be no exceptions. the firebreak here ending a week today on the 9th of november. well, coming upjust after 2.30pm we'll be answering your questions on the national lockdown in england and the restrictions in other parts of the uk. i'll be joined by two leading public health experts. you can send your questions to #bbcyourquestions or email them. he is one of the most famous actors in the world. but now, johnny depp's reputation is in tatters, after he lost his libel action agains the sun. after he lost his libel action against the sun. the high courtjudge ruled that the newspaper's claim in 2018 that he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard was "substa ntially true". our arts correspondent david sillito has been following the case. one time, erm, johnny was hitting me. and he was hitting me...

. . hard and repeatedly. camera shutter clicks. the heart of this is a single word. johnny depp, one of the most successful actors in the world, was accused of being a "wife—beater" — a man who assaulted his wife on more than 14 occasions, who left her fearing for her life. amber heard had photographs. she also had video. bleeping. what happened ? butjohnny depp said it was all a hoax. in the years that followed, she became an activist for women's rights, and wrote about enduring domestic violence. and when the sun questioned johnny depp's casting in the fantastic beasts movie, the star made a decision — he would go to court. i grew up in texas, riding horses... one of the allegations centred on this appearance onjames corden's talk show. amber heard said, beneath

her make up, herface was bruised and bleeding. johnny depp said it was all a hoax. thejudge disagreed. i think that his reputation is destroyed. i didn't think this was a case that needed to be brought. i think it was ill—advised and certainly was unhelpful. and, of course, now the only way out for him will be a complete rehabilitation. you have given me so much strength... and remember, this wasn't amber heard's case. it was actually an argument betweenjohnny depp and the sun newspaper. but it was her allegations that were being tested and, for many, this is about more than just a battle over a newspaper article. the main issue, for me, was that i thought it would prevent victims from coming forward, so to have this result, particularly now, just as we are about to go into another lockdown, i think sends a clears message to victims that,

actually, do come forward, you will be believed. and, for me, that's the most important thing. johnny depp's lawyers have described thejudgment as "perverse and bewildering". he had hoped to restore his reputation. this judgment has torn it apart. david sillito, bbc news. let's talk now to the lawyer harriet wistrich, founder and director of the centre for women'sjustice. thank you forjoining us. that point that this may bring more women to come forward and report abuse ignores the fact that she didn't come forward, amber heard, this was a case betweenjohnny depp and a newspaper. well, she did, ithink what originally triggered it, as i understand, was she had to apply for a restraining order against him, and that restraining order was in the public domain, so it was known about and that is what i think triggered some newspaper reporting, but she never went to speak to the person thatis never went to speak to the person that is a very important point. she did seek help through the court system because she was a victim.

but, hang on, this was a libel case betweenjohnny depp but, hang on, this was a libel case between johnny depp and but, hang on, this was a libel case betweenjohnny depp and the sun newspaper. she was the prime witness but there was nothing that she had done originally that brought this to court. that is the point many people are making on this. absolutely, that's right. all i'm saying that she come in terms of domestic violence victims coming forward, the original as i understand it, the original as i understand it, the original basis on which it became known that she was a victim of domestic violence was because she had used the courts to protect herself. from that point of view, she had sought assistance, through the court system, but the case was about the fact that the sun newspaper had reported that she was a victim of domestic violence. it wasn't triggered by her speaking to the sun newspaper. your tweet on reacting to this result, i hope this

judgment will caution wealthy men from seeking the silence women speak out about abuse. what exactly do you mean? we at the centre for women's justice have received more and more enquiries from women who have tried to talk out, perhaps to other friends or to caution other women in relation to somebody who has abused them, and the use of the libel courts to try and silence that and stop women from speaking about abuse is very chilling, because all of a sudden someone who is a victim of abuse is suddenly having to face courtroom procedures just to defend the allegations that they have made, in circumstances where they may be speaking out because they want other women to avoid the risks that they

have faced and the abuse they have faced. what do you want to see happen to johnny depp, faced. what do you want to see happen tojohnny depp, and his career now? well, i hope this is a salutary lesson for him that he can't just throw his salutary lesson for him that he can'tjust throw his money salutary lesson for him that he can't just throw his money around salutary lesson for him that he can'tjust throw his money around to try and silence this person. i don't know the ins and outs of why he felt compelled to bring this, but i hope he now properly pauses and actually ta kes a he now properly pauses and actually takes a look at himself. thank you for joining takes a look at himself. thank you forjoining us. donald trump and joe biden are hitting the key battle ground states ahead of tomorrow's presidential election. mr trump will hold his final rally in michigan while his democratic rival will again focus his energies on pennsylvania. the scale of early voting has been unprecedented with more than 93 million americans having cast their ballots already. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from florida. this is the most important election of our lifetime. it is crunch time.

president trump and joe biden have been making a push in the midwestern states, and if those swing states are crucial, then florida is critical. music plays. donald trump needs more than their love. he needs their votes. to become president, it requires 270 points from the electoral college system, and florida has 29 upforgrabs. without this state, mr trump's path back to the white house looks near impossible. more than eight million residents here have already voted. this is the last day of in—person early voting here in florida and at this polling station there are donald trump supporters on one side and joe biden supporters on the other, with no—one meeting in the middle. and that sums up what it is like to be in a swing state.

people love that guy, man. why? because they think he is like us, a regular person and not a politician. he is a liar, he is a liar. he wants his ego, power, that is it. he does not care about the communities. and some say donald trump is trying to portray his rival, joe biden, in a way that plays on the fears of many latino voters. the trump administration needs something to grab on to, because their record is terrible. so one of the biggest ways to scare cubans and venezuelans is by fear mongering them into talking about communism and socialism. my entire family is voting for trump. my entire family. i am one of the few in my family who is not voting for trump, who is voting forjoe biden. florida has been problematic in delivering election results. but officials tell us they are ready this time. if that is true, then on election night florida will give us an early sense of which man is on track to become the next president. nomia iqbal, bbc news, florida.

shawn henry was an executive assistant director of the fbi and now works for the cyber—security firm crowdstrike, which first publicly sounded the alarm about russian interference in the 2016 election. hejoins me now. i'm just wondering what your thinking is going on behind the scenes in this election, in terms of that sort of security? well, i think we have a couple of concerns, certainly the security of the infrastructure and the data that comprises the electoral process. the voter registration data bases comprises the electoral process. the voter registration databases and the actual tabulation and then the reporting out of the results after the election is completed. that is one portion of it. the second concern we have is this misinformation you have just reported about, where misinformation has gone out, it is incendiary, it is divisive, and we know that foreign governments have used some

controversial issues and then fomented both the left and the right, getting them riled up and really further dividing the country. that is a major concern, and the us government and others have echoed that and sounded the alarm. is there anything a foreign government could have put out that is any worse than what the candidates are responsible for? what we see foreign government is doing is taking misinformation and using it as an echo chamber, using social media, fake accounts. when people listen to a particular candidate, they may or may not believe that particular candidate but when the same type information is put out of by hundreds or thousands of people, some of whom are fake, they are not actual personas but they are actually being put out by foreign governments, that changes the dynamic a little bit. it adds credibility to what might otherwise be false on its face and thatis otherwise be false on its face and that is a concern.

there have people now more aware of this kind of activity? people are more aware, because in 2016 the general public were not aware of what was happening and how it happened. and even after the election. the department of homeland security has put out a lot of reporting, getting people aware, but the problem this particular time, i think, is while they may be aware, they just don't think, is while they may be aware, theyjust don't know what think, is while they may be aware, they just don't know what to believe, and that is part of the game plan of foreign adversaries, to create confusion and sow discord and to have people question the actual integrity of the election and when that happens that is a threat to democracy. it is in the balance against that the media and isn't there a problem, if they become a

target? from the candidates themselves, as well. the media plays a huge part in making sure that information that goes out is accurate and verified. as a journalist you need to have multiple sources and verify your sources before you put something out, at least legitimate journalists. we have seen it shows your media be put in front of our congress talking about their responsibility and they have taken down some of these accou nts have taken down some of these accounts and they have actually censored some of the reporting that has gone out that has been proven to be misinformation. there has got to be misinformation. there has got to be something done going forward because this is an issue that is not going away. it is not an american problem, this is happening all over europe and in asia and australia, in elections around the world. it is a threat to what we would consider a fairand threat to what we would consider a fair and free electoral process. thanks forjoining us.

a dutch metro train was saved from disaster when it smashed through a safety barrier but was prevented from plummeting into water by a sculpture of a whale tail. the driver of the train — who was the only person on board — was unharmed in the incident which happened just after midnight near the port city of rotterdam. the front carriage was left hanging 30 feet above the water, propped up only by the giant silver—coloured sculpture — called, improbably but really, "saved by the whale's tail." now it's time for a look at the weather. it has definitely felt colder out and about today, even between the showers with the sunshine and that is because of the cold weather front sweeping the mild air away, lots of showers have followed and they are dominant over the north—west of england with rain falling here through the rest of today, so local flooding and difficult driving conditions but equally quite wet

weather rolling into northern ireland and western areas, as well. it is still windy, especially over england and wales, so that makes it feel colder than the actual temperatures would suggest but they are still only 9—12. overnight showers continue, wintry over the hills and even his little area of rain moving over the southern half of england could give a smattering of england could give a smattering of sleet as it moves its way in over the moors, and you can see a much cooler night, down into single figures for many parts of the country. despite the showers continuing tomorrow, it is looking brighterfor the continuing tomorrow, it is looking brighter for the second half of the week. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: borisjohnson prepares to ask mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england — the new restrictions are due to come into force this thursday. we'll be getting the latest from westminster — where some tory mps say they will vote against the government.

facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is ‘immense'. his hollywood reputation in tatters: johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". the presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning criss—crossing the key battleground states. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. calls are growing for grassroots sport and youth sport to be made exempt from england's second nationwide lockdown from thursday. all non professional sport will be banned. the premier league, english football league and other elite sports can continue behind closed doors. public health england are said to be resisting campaigns by golf and tennis that they should be granted an exemption. all outdoor and indoor team sport will cease with the only orgarnised

exercise for children likely to come in school. chief executive of the youth sport trust ali oliver says the impact from the second lockdown will be far reaching. probably the biggest issue for is what happens to sport in the long run and to lose some of these grassroots clubs supported by volu nteers grassroots clubs supported by volunteers that are really struggling now and we'll leave us of a generation who are inactive and unable to find their way into sport asa unable to find their way into sport as a healthy habit for life. will. meanwhile, all a0 fa cup first round ties — including those involving non—elite teams — will be played as planned from 6th to 9th november. the ten non—elite teams left in the competition can play under elite protocols. all the matches will be played behind closed doors, with losing teams set to receive a share of prize money to lessen the financial impact of no fans attending.

rangers have suspended two players, jordanjones and george edmundson, for breaching covid—19 protocols. they'll have to self—isolate for 1h days which means jones will also miss northern ireland's euro 2020 play—off final against slovakia next week. he and edmundson attended what's described as a "private gathering with others outside their household". the club will carry out an internal investigation. former manchester united midfielder roy keane has warned ole gunar solkskjaer risks losing hisjob if the performances of his players don't improve. paul pogba gave away a penalty, with a needless tackle on hector bellerin, as pierre emerik aubameyang scored from the spot to give arsenal their first victory at old trafford in the premier league for 1h years. united are yet to win at home in the league this season and sit sixth from bottom. keane was highly critical of the display. and solskjaer agreed it wasn't good ebnough. these games against arsenal were all

so fierce and there were tackles flying in. we did not have the tempo and intensity today, i agree with that, absolutely. i was disappointed with our first half performance, second half we were better, but u nfortu nately second half we were better, but unfortunately they got the penalty and wejust unfortunately they got the penalty and we just couldn't produce a response. after gareth bale scored tottenham's winner in their 2—1 victory over brighton, managerjose mourinho said he'd be checking the real madrid website, to see if there was any comment. bale arrived back at spurs on a season—long loan from the spanish side in september, after he fell out of favour with manager zinedine zidane and received heavy criticism from the fans. his first goal since he returned took tottenham up to second in the table. of course, i'm very pleased with him, and are pleased especially for him, and are pleased especially for him, because he deserves that. he deserves that. when i have five

minutes i'm going to look at the real madrid website to see what they say. yet more super league matches have been cancelled, putting the rest of the regular season in further doubt. and it's castleford tigers involved again. four more of their players have tested positive for covid—19, so their games against leeds rhinos on friday and salford red devils next monday are off. the match scheduled for last friday against huddersfield was also cancelled, after 13 castleford players were ruled out with coronavirus. they'll have two more rounds of testing this week. despite standing on the brink of a record equalling seventh world title, lewis hamilton says there's ‘no guarantee' he will race in formula one next season. with team prinicpal toto wolf expected to step back from the day to day running at mercedes, hamilton said he understood wanting to pull back a little bit and give more time to family. hamilton is out of contract next season but can equal

michael schumacher‘s record at the next race in turkey. that's all the sport for now. and now it is your questions answered. and now on the bbc news channel, it's time for your questions answered — and you've been sending in plenty of questions about the planned four—week lockdown across england. to answer your questions on the topic, we'rejoined by dr bharat pankhania, expert in communicable disease control & outbreak, university of exeter medical school and dr linda bauld, professor of public health, at the university of edinburgh. holly asks: should those who live with someone who is extremely clinically vulnerable avoid going to a high riskjob? yes, this is very important because they could go to a high riskjob and bring home the infection to the

vulnerable person at their home, so my advice has been, negotiate with your employers and explain to them what the situation is at home, and tried to get yourself work from home or be redeployed because you don't wa nt to or be redeployed because you don't want to bring home the infection to your loved one are back at home. you agree? yes, absolutely. it's really important, andl agree? yes, absolutely. it's really important, and i would emphasise, they will maybe be more questions on shielding and the government is going to issue more guidance on clinically vulnerable people. it is not out yet, but gps and the government should be writing to people in that category. i would be cognisant of tailored advice for individuals and their families, as well. john asks: why are the shielded not being shielded again? two main reasons the first one is the categorisation of people who work shielding last time was not as tailored as it should have been in

terms of people who were most at risk and we know much more about the categories of people at risk from covid—19 so that is the first point, and the second one is around mental health. if you remember, initially, around 12 weeks, shielding applied and then it was extended depending on where you lived, and that was a long period for people to be living under those circumstances so the guidance for england is clear, people who were previously in the shielded category must take additional care to protect themselves, sticking to the guidance, and only going out when necessary, to exercise or go outdoors and following the hand and respiratory hygiene that we are so familiar with, so not a return to shielding but still a lot of caution for those groups. david asks: what is the advice for former shielding people who can not work from home, are they not to go to work? no, they have to look at what the categories are, and if they are in a vulnerable position, in other words

they have a severe illness like immune suppression or other illnesses which will be listed, they must not go to work, but having said this, listening to my colleague from edinburgh, i would also say, i don't wa nt edinburgh, i would also say, i don't want people to become prisoners, so as long as they can wear their mask properly and undertake infection control they should go out and about and take long walks because going out for walks in the country is not going to make you get an infection. right. karen asks: i have a dentist appointment in november. can dentists stay open? we are talking about the 5th of november, thursday. good news for karen. the government has been clear they need to keep the nhs up and running and essential services up and running and people are able to leave their homes to attend appointments and that includes dentistry. the british dental association has been commenting on the developments recently and

emphasising that dentists are now open again. it is not business as usual and there is a big backlog of cases but if she has an appointment there is no reason why she can't attend. right, that is clear. gillian asks: if one member of a household has been in contact with a person confirmed to have covid—19, why don't all the members of that household have to self isolate? my my answer is quite simple, gillian isa my answer is quite simple, gillian is a contact of her case and her family members are contact of a contact, so contact of a contact do not need to isolate but if it gillian on the other hand becomes a case then her family members gillian on the other hand becomes a case then herfamily members become her direct contacts, in which case they would have to isolate. a lot of people will be confused by that. i include myself! what she is clearly implying, if you are in a household

and one of you is vulnerable, you all are. the trouble is, gillian is the one who has been exposed to the virus so if she is going to become a case it will be her. i totally agree that by the time she has become a case herfamily that by the time she has become a case her family members that by the time she has become a case herfamily members may also be contacts case herfamily members may also be co nta cts of case herfamily members may also be contacts of the case, in other words contacts of the case, in other words co nta cts of contacts of the case, in other words contacts of gillian, but if we were to exclude gillian and her family members that would be an excessive excretion and also unnecessary. so you only focus on direct contacts to be removed from circulation in the first instance. there is a lot of confusion about this, isn't there? yes, and there is also additional advice, and households are not all the same. my colleague has made an excellent point, in many cases the contact who has come into contact with someone who has tested positive may not develop the virus themselves

and if you were going to stay in a house with students, for example, with 12 people living in a flat, or young people work in different jobs, and they all had to be isolated, that would be excessive, so it is about recognising that there are things you can do within the household to reduce the risk. if gillian has been told she is a contact gillian has been told she is a co nta ct of gillian has been told she is a contact of someone who has tested positive that she can protect her other household members by using a separate bathroom and being in the kitchen at a different time and sleeping ina kitchen at a different time and sleeping in a different room and cleaning the bathroom after she has used it. these are practical things that she can do. right, it will, i'm going to call you that from now on. —— right, turn on. christine asks: both my daughter and son in law work for the nhs. they have two children aged 8 and 4. as grandparents, can we have the children to stay to give their mum and dad some respite? they would come under the category of essential care givers and childcare is one of those essential items that they have to do. therefore, of course, they can do

it, but my supplementary advice, you are going from one household to another, make sure you keep your circulation amongst other humans are low because you do not want to be introducing infections to other households. right, that is clear. joyce asks: can my husband and i travel a0 miles within our own local authority to collect our 3 year old granddaughter and take her to a park? the brief answer is yes, a few caveats, people in england are being encouraged not to travel outside their local area if they can avoid it but if that is within the local authority area, if you can do that within a few hours, that is acceptable. the second point, crucially, that you are outdoors, so people are allowed to meet up with one other person outdoors but children don't count in that one person, so grandparents together could go and meet their granddaughter outdoors and places like public parks are the type of place that we should be accessing at

the moment, so meeting up with somebody including a child or children outdoors is definitely something that is still permitted. john asks: how do masks stop the virus? the masks cannot prevent you from getting an infection 100% of the time, so the idea of wearing a mask is to reduce the number of droplets that may be coming to you as a direct hit, so that is one way, and the second way is also that if you are in an environment, indoor environment, where there is aerosol spray, that mask again it reduces the number of infectious particles that may be coming towards you, and finally, if you are the infectious person and you breathe out into your mask you are also reducing the number of virus particles that are coming from yourself, so all those

measures, the simple idea of wearing the mask, protects you and protects others. anna asks: should people who can't wear a mask given be able to go out due to the risk of transmission? there are some categories and individuals who are not able to wear face coverings, for clinical reasons, and we know that, and we have to support those people, should they go out? outside, absolutely. there are minimal risks to moving around outdoors as we have heard, and exercise is so important, but in terms of going into indoor settings, to access essential appointments and retail, it is important that the other people around them are wearing face coverings, so if they are concerned about an environment they should avoid it but other people wearing face coverings provides protection to that person who is not able to wear one because of their condition. one final question. liz asks: i have a cleaner who comes

to my home once a week. can i still let her come? yes, provided you are not interacting with your cleaner. your cleaner will be going too many other households, as well, therefore you need to be careful, and your risk assessment is, can my cleaner come and do her business and leave without interacting with me in a safe way? if yes, go ahead. a lot of people will say that is nonessential travel? it is not clear. we are trying to catch up with very specific advice which the government has not fully work through yet, bearing in mind the guidance only came out recently, but it is the case that essential workers, if you need repairs to your roof, they can go into your home, but it is not clear whether domestic support that is not childcare or health care or

social care can continue, but what i would say is take on board the advice there, which is sensible, but if you are only having a few weeks of this, there are risks associated with anybody coming into the house, so does it need to continue? but we will see more detailed guidance from government for many of these questions which the public, of quite rightly asking this time. to both of you, thanks forjoining us. good to see you again. there's ‘widespread unfairness' in the ways the government and local authorites collect debts including council tax, benefit and tax credit overpayments — that's according to research by the money advice trust. our business correspondent vivienne nunisjoins me now. the money advice trust has said there are big problems with the way governments at all levels go about collecting money that is owed to them, whether we are talking about

local authorities trying to reclaim money owed to them from council tax or central government, hmrc, the department for work and pensions, and what the money advice trust is saying that at all those levels there are issues with the way the government goes about finding that money, and in the 600 people they spoke to who are struggling with those debts, 80% said that the way governments went about trying to collect that money affected their mental well—being and the national debt line has seen a significant increase, the number of calls is a total proportion it has been receiving about government debts over the past few years, and we can now get some more on this. matt hartley is here. what kind of reforms would you like to see? more and more people are owing money to central and local government and that predates

covid—19 which will only exacerbate this, now it's a time to reform government debt collection practices. what we need is the government to raise its game and level up its practices to the standards we see in the private sector where they have taken action on things like affordability, assessing the ability of people who are vulnerable and making sure they get the support they need, and even basic things like the way the government communicates with people in debt. at the moment we see a lot ofjargon and intimidating and threatening language and in the private sector, we learned that is neitherfair private sector, we learned that is neither fair nor effective. central government to put out a call for evidence on this issue and they asked four experts like yourself for information, is that an admission that something is wrong with the system ? that something is wrong with the system? is that something is wrong with the system ? is it that something is wrong with the system? is it encouraging they are looking to listen to experts?m system? is it encouraging they are looking to listen to experts? it is encouraging at a welcome recognition of the fact that there is big change needed, you are right, they have

taken that step. there is a growing momentum behind this in westminster and whitehall, we want new legislation to underpin good practice in affordability and in other areas right across government debt collection and we are looking forward to talking to government about that. what sort of increase in calls have you seen to the national debt line during the coronavirus pandemic? we are starting to see an increase in calls from people impacted by the financial consequences of covid—19 and going into the second lockdown, unfortunately we know many more people are likely to fall behind, so we are expecting an increase in debt problems going into 2021 and that is why it is so important that government takes what is quite a narrow window of opportunity to fix its own debt collection practice because this problem of people owing money to government and experiencing the unfairness they are experiencing is only going to get worse and

bigger in the coming years. 1.5 million people have said they were worried about the way they were going to make their mortgage repayments overwinter because of the financial problems they encounter and because of the pandemic, and over the weekend we saw the government announced it was extending the mortgage holidays up to six months, which must have been welcome news to you? it is welcome. help for people with mortgages now needs to be matched by more helpful people who live in private rented accommodation. people who are struggling to pay their rent, as well. that is a big gap. we also have welcome action this morning from the fca, with extensions for payments on credit cards, for example, so support is available which is useful and welcome, but this problem of government debt collection practices really needs fixing now, before the economic impact is felt fully, despite all the help that has been announced.

matt hartley, thanks forjoining us. thanks forjoining us. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. as we head towards mid week we will replace the autumnal wind and rain with a foggy weather and frost, and the feel has already changed. the weather front sweeping across the mild air which has been enveloping the uk in the last week, and also we had a number of showers, as well. it is looking pretty blustery out there, especially for england and wales, driving in the showers, rather wet weather highlighted for north—western england where we could see another 40—50 millimetres of rain through the rest of today, so potentially further flooding and a hazard on the road, quite wet to end the day, and that will move north, as well. either side of that, showers, and as it moves in to scotla nd showers, and as it moves in to scotland there could be a scattering of snow for the highlands. band of

rain over the southern half of england and wales and that could give a smattering of sleet over the welsh mountains and moors, so it will be significantly colder tonight, compared with the night just gone, and that is the theme for the coming week. the rain is with us for the first half of the day in eastern england and then it clears away. in the north and west rain could be heavy with hail and thunder and temperatures are back down to where they should be for this time of year but clearly today it has felt cold because of the wind, and the wind is a notch down tomorrow. the wind eases through wednesday, as high—pressure drifts in from the atla ntic high—pressure drifts in from the atlantic but it will meander its way eastwards and it will move away by the weekend, but for the next few days the weather looks a bit quieter. still a few showers around and a bit of a breeze but gradually the breeze eases down. the weather fronts will become confined to the north, and temperatures back to where they should be for this time of year between 10—12. as we go into

thursday, we are going to have some potential fog problems, thursday, we are going to have some potentialfog problems, the air stagnating and it takes awhile the fog to clear away and once it does so, sunshine coming through but probably low cloud, as well. this is something we will inherit later this week, early morning fog and frost but at least the wind and rain for a time is easing away but it is just a fleeting lips of high pressure for a few days before it drifts away and low pressure once again returns —— fleeting glimpse.

this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm... borisjohnson prepares to ask mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england — the new restrictions are due to come into force this thursday. we'll be getting the latest from westminster — where some tory mps say they will vote against the government. facing another lockdown — businesses across england say the potential damage is ‘immense'. we're nervous, we don't know where it's going to end, and i think that's our biggest problem. his hollywood reputation in tatters: johnny depp loses his libel action against the sun newspaper over an article which labelled him a "wife beater". the presidential candidates spend the last day of campaigning crisscrossing the key battle ground states. and — coming up — what a catch! the metro train that was saved from disaster, by a giant sculpture of a whale's tail.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is preparing to ask mps to support a new national lockdown in england to last four weeks. in the commons, in around half an hour, he's expected to warn that covid—19 deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic. he will say there is ‘no alternative' to the measure which is due to start on thursday and to end on the 2nd of december. he is expected to stress that he intends to ease restrictions after a month. from thursday, people will be told to stay at home except for specific reasons pubs, restaurants, gyms and nonessential shops will close. but takeaways will be permitted and meeting indoors or in private gardens will not be allowed. but you will be able to meet one other person from another household

outside in a public place. labour is supporting the move, but have criticised the delay in bringing it in. meanwhile some conservative mps say they'll oppose it. our political correspondent chris mason reports(vt it was always feared the turning of the seasons, autumn then winter, could see a surge in coronavirus cases. it was that blunt reality that forced the prime minister and his scientific advisers to tell us from downing street at the weekend that another lockdown for england was coming. hello. how things change. back in the summer, the chancellor was serving up discounts to allure us back to restaurants. now, alongside pubs, cafes and other shops regarded as nonessential, he is saying they will have to shut. we have to be humble in the face of nature. we are dealing with a virus that has clearly moved at a pace faster than we had anticipated or feared. it is the last thing that we want to do, to bring in such

restrictive measures. we strove very hard to avoid being in this situation. those around the prime minister say he sees a moral and medical responsibility to act. in the commons this afternoon, borisjohnson will say that the scientific projections he has been shown are all bleak, and the consequences of doing nothing would be grim. but he will face sharp questions from opposite him, from labour and others, but also from behind him. take a listen to this, to one of his most senior backbenchers, talking to the westminster hour on radio 4. if these kind of measures were being taken in any totalitarian country around the world, we would be denouncing it as a form of evil, and here the removal of people's fundamental liberties is going almost without comment. welcome, sir kier.

but addressing the confederation of british industry this morning, the labour leader agreed the government should have knocked england down sooner and strikingly sought to blame rishi sunak. the chancellor's name is all over this. his decision to block a circuit breaker, to dismiss it as a blunt instrument, and to pretend that you can protect the economy without controlling the virus will now mean that businesses have to close for longer. attention now turns here to the house of commons, as mps return from half term to once again weigh up the most profound issues imaginable. lives, liberties and livelihoods, with no easy answers to be found. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. scotland's new tier system came into effect today — the country split into five tiers, from zero to four.

each of its 32 local authorities has initially been graded between levels one and three, with people in tier 3 being told to make only essential journeys outside their area. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. it's all change in scotland. the government here shaking up the restrictions to curb the spread of covid. this cocktail bar in hamilton had switched to delivering food and drink. they can now welcome customers back, but they wouldn't be allowed to serve them booze. we could open as a cafe but it would be a real struggle for us because pretty much half of our gross that we make is from our drinks. and it's basically, that's completely obliterating half of the business for us. as well as that, there's lot of established cafes around here, about eight around the vicinity who have been doing this for a long, long time and have a loyal customer base. more than three million people in scotland will be living under the level three restrictions.

that now includes a requirement for senior pupils in secondary schools to wear face coverings in class and their teachers. people in this area also also being asked not to travel outside their council area but the first minister said with england heading into lockdown and furlough in place for november, she can't rule out a similar move here. so the decision we have to weigh up in coming days is this one. should we take the opportunity of more generous financial support to step harder on the brakes now? the potential benefit of that would be suppressing the virus further and faster at a time when financial support is available, and possibly, i don't want to overstate this, but possibly opening up a bit more breathing space over the christmas period. this bar in lerwick in shetland, where the restrictions are being eased, supports the scottish government's cautious approach. some parts of the country have, though, questioned where they have been placed in the new system.

i don't think anyone should open up to tier zero straight away, i think it needs to be a working development, see how it goes. we are in this for the long run. we need to make sure we take it slowly and steadily otherwise we will go back to square one and i don't think anybody wants that. and for all in scotland, this warning from nicola sturgeon: "don't travel to england unless it's absolutely essential." lorna gordon, bbc news. we are expecting borisjohnson to start addressing mps at about 3:30pm. he will be warning that covid deaths could be twice as high over the winter as they were in the first wave of the pandemic, and will outline his proposals for an increased lockdown across england, which will come in force on thursday. we will take you to the commons as soon as he takes to his feet there. iain watson, our political correspondent is in westminster. he will be bringing us an update. i'm just keeping an eye on the screen is here, we are awaiting as i say borisjohnson in the commons. a vote coming on

wednesday, which will not be backed by some tory mps, who have expressed anger at the way the government has handled the events of the last few weeks, but labour in the form of sir keir starmer, in a statement from him this morning, saying that they would back the government. mr johnson announcing in that downing street news conference on saturday that strict measures will include closing pubs, restaurants, gyms, nonessential shops and places of worship. the chancellor rishi sunak has been taken to the airwaves today, saying the uk wide furlough scheme, which had been due to end on 3ist scheme, which had been due to end on 31st october, would be extended until december, the date of the 2nd of december is what the prime minister will outline this afternoon, and that is, in the words of the chancellor, to give businesses that ease at this difficult time. he said it was an expectation and hope that the english lockdown would be sufficient to exit back into the tiered approach on the 2nd of december.

iain watson is now with us, i think, and canjoin me now from parliament. and we are expecting this vote to go through but borisjohnson's problems are behind him are not in front of him, if you see what i mean. the famous churchill quote about the enemies sitting behind you in the house of commons, rather than the opposition opposite, is certainly the case. there is a great deal of disquiet in the conservative benches and to talk about some of those, so charles walker from the 1922 backbench committee of conservative mps. that is the case, isn't it, some of your colleagues are worried about this months long restriction in england, they are unlikely to defeat on wednesday, what are the concerns, what are they asking the prime minister to think about again? well, i think if labour sees this will go through with tory votes, labour willjust sit will go through with tory votes, labour will just sit on will go through with tory votes, labour willjust sit on its hands as it has done previously on most of the votes around covid restrictions,

so there are lots of political game is afoot. i think most conservative memberof is afoot. i think most conservative member of parliament is afoot. i think most conservative memberof parliament are is afoot. i think most conservative member of parliament are deeply concerned about this lockdown, as i suspect many labour members of parliament are, but the problem is that there is a lack of an alternative. now, we've identified the alternative. the alternative should be allowing people, older people, to self—isolate and support them in doing that, if that is what they want to do, not demanding that they want to do, not demanding that they do it, but allow them to do it. people with underlying health conditions, if they can't work from home, should be paid to stay at home, should be paid to stay at home, their full salary, and people going into care homes should be incentivised through increased pay to stay at the care home for two weeks and do a shift system, so there is an alternative. we have just chosen, or the government and its scientists have chosen not to entertain that alternative, so it is not as though we are being belligerent for the sake of being belligerent, we are concerned that what is proposed will throw many more hundreds of thousands of people out of work, will cause untold hardship on local businesses built

up hardship on local businesses built up over decades or generations and most of all it will impact the life chances of young people. so you are saying on your bench as they are not going to vote against the government on wednesday because this is inevitable in any case but they are more concerned this becomes a lockdown without end, we get a de fa cto lockdown without end, we get a de facto lockdown lockdown without end, we get a de fa cto lockd own after lockdown without end, we get a de facto lockdown after the 2nd of decemberfor facto lockdown after the 2nd of december for example, every region of england being in tier 3, and want some reassurance in advance from the prime minister that won't happen. we know he will give mps a vote ahead of the 2nd of december restrictions being lifted and to what the alternatives will be, what further assurances will you and your collea g u es assurances will you and your colleagues want from him that this lockdown won't continue up to and beyond perhaps christmas? this strategy is flawed, it is a coronavirus, it is endemic, you shut down for a month, coronavirus, it is endemic, you shut down fora month, it coronavirus, it is endemic, you shut down for a month, it will simmer away, you open up it will take off again, you shut down, it will take off again, so we will be in an endless cycle of shutdowns and opening up, four months and months

and months, with or without a vaccine. so i suspect that eventually the government will have to come to the view that we will have to live alongside coronavirus, maybe for years to come, and do things differently, and that will be around asking older people to self—isolate, if that's what they wa nt self—isolate, if that's what they want to do, not coercing them, because actually existing isn't living, and really supporting people with underlying health conditions to make the decisions that are in their best interest of their health. charles walker, thank you very much, sir charles walker from the backbench1922 committee, an influential committee of backbench mps. the prime minister in about 20 minutes or so will have to make a very strong minutes or so will have to make a very strong case, minutes or so will have to make a very strong case, what he calls a moral and medical case for this lockdown in england to convince people on his own side that these measures are worth supporting. we think they will go through a course on wednesday with labour support. some people think it is really pointless to rebel at this stage. nonetheless, that rebellion could grow, if there is any hint these

restrictions would be extended beyond december two and up to christmas. thank you very much, iain watson. the snp has the snp has demanded an immediate u—turn on the tory government's decision to deny scotland access to full furlough support outside of english lockdown periods. the snp westminster leader ian blackford mpjoins me now. thank you very much for hanging on. ian blackford, first of all, this sounds like a blank cheque. how much are you asking for, how long will this last? it is about reasonableness. if you consider what the prime minister is doing on the back of the lockdown he is putting in place, he is making sure there is financial compensation there for businesses and workers that need it. what i'm simply saying is that all the nations of the united kingdom should be treated in the same way. if the science dictates we need to ta ke if the science dictates we need to take additional lockdown measures in scotland, it is only right that the scottish government and the welsh government and the administration of northern ireland has access to funds forfurlough northern ireland has access to funds for furlough payments if we northern ireland has access to funds forfurlough payments if we need it. we cannot have a situation where the

prime minister simply come up with this cash because of what is happening in england. it shows that the scottish government when i have been asking for this, the government in westminster has been tethered. it shows when england asked for the money, it is there, when scotland asked for the money, we are told no. it simply isn't good enough, it won't do, and the prime minister must now accept that we need to put lockdown measures in scotland, that financial system should be there. give us the powers that we can do this in scotland. we don't want to see our people disadvantaged by a government in london, which has been obstinate and arrogant and not responding to what our legitimate demands. if you say it is to be based on the science, are you suggesting extending restrictions to bring it more in line with england in order to access the money? no, that's not what i'm saying, i'm saying if the scottish or the northern ireland or the welsh administration need to put additional lockdown measures in place, then we need to have the flexibility of the furlough scheme

being there, so we are not disadvantaging our workers and businesses from not having the financial support they need. i think it is right the government has extended furlough, but what they should be doing is making sure that on the basis of science, if any of the devolved administrations over the devolved administrations over the coming months feel the need to put additional lockdown measures in place, the money has to be there so we can support people through the furlough scheme. but in reality, given that scotland has so far chosen a much more cautious approach in many areas, tighter restrictions, aren't you in effect saying that there should be more generosity to scotla nd there should be more generosity to scotland than england ? there should be more generosity to scotland than england? not at all. what we are saying is our government in scotland has taken additional measures over the course of it, we are beginning to see some encouraging signs. let's wait and see what happens to the prevalence of the virus, but the simple fact is we can't be asked to take health measures without having the financial support there. the whole point of what is happening today rightly is that the lockdown

measures in england are coming with the fellow support, the financial support. why is it that that generosity of spirit is not extended to the devolved administrations when they need that financial support as well? if this is to be a union of equal is that we have to be treated equally and we need to make sure that workers are not going to be thrown onto the scrapheap of unemployment. the furlough scheme needs to be there when we need it. it is not generosity that will pay for this, it is taxpayers‘s money, and i'm just wondering, there will come a point where this needs to be paid. would you back cuts in services or tax rises, because at some point the scottish government will have to make a decision on this? all of us will have to make a decision on this and it is right that we have a proper debate about the opportunities that there will be to raise revenue. one of the things we need to do, one of the reasons i wa nt we need to do, one of the reasons i want the furlough scheme to be in places we need to make sure we have capacity in our economy. i don't wa nt capacity in our economy. i don't want businesses to close unnecessarily, and what we really need to do is to focus on growth as we come out of this. if we grow the

economy will grow the tax receipts, and that will be the biggest opportunity we will have to pay back. nobody wants the debt mountain we've got at the moment, but we need to recognise the scale of this emergency, the scale of this health crisis that dictates that there has to be financial response, in order that we can come out of this in the best shape we properly can, and let's then come together with having a focus on investment, focus on the green revolution we need to see over the course of the coming years. let's focus on making sure we can strengthen our economy, strengthen productivity, something which has been sorely missing of the last few yea rs been sorely missing of the last few years so let's have a conversation and i'm certainly happy to play my pa rt and i'm certainly happy to play my part on that on behalf of the snp.” know you have to get to the commons but that with respect wasn't my question, my question was how will you question, my question was how will y°u pay question, my question was how will you pay for this money now? will it be cuts or will it be tax increases? what i'm suggesting to you is we haven't had a strong enough focus over the course of the last ten yea rs on over the course of the last ten years on economic growth, because the best way of generating the tax receipts will be on growing the

economy by making sure we can grow wages so that people actually have more cash in their pockets, they will pay more tax as a consequence, thatis will pay more tax as a consequence, that is the best way to do it. so more tax? what i'm saying is you grow the economy and as a consequence, you will take additional tax revenues. ian blackford, i know i have to let you go so thank you so much for hanging on to us. thanks, cheers. how does it feel to face another ‘stay home' instruction in an area of england where the instances of the virus have been relatively low? the fairness of that was part of the reason the government had resisted a national lockdown. our correspondent sarah ransome is in st austell for us. yes, i'm just along the coast actually from st austell, because we have come to charlestown here just outside st austell. it's fame, you may recognise some of it actually because it has formed the backdrop for many hollywood films, whether it be rebecca, treasure island, alice in wonderland, and of course tv

series like poldark, and somewhere like here which is very heavily reliant on tourists coming to see it and be part of it, they have gone out of their way to try and make this part of england as covid—secure as they can, and during the previous lockdown, lockdown one, tourism leaders and companies were saying please don't come, we don't want you here, and you weren't allowed to travel, so they couldn't come. but when those restrictions were lifted, organisations and companies and businesses had gone out of their way to make this part of the world as covid—secure as they possibly could be. hundreds of thousands of pounds we re be. hundreds of thousands of pounds were being spent in hospitality areas, in accommodation providers, to try and make sure that people who came here were able to come here and be safe and secure in their visit during their stay occasion. so you can imagine when they heard the announcement on saturday about the latest lockdown, there was a certain

amount of concern, and one of those who had been talking to us about thatis who had been talking to us about that is the landlord of the britannia inn, just up the road from here. he told mejust how britannia inn, just up the road from here. he told me just how he reacted when he heard about the lockdown. this is phil la fayette. they're not surprised but obviously very disappointed, and worried for the future. we have been down this road once already and we will make sure we don't have to do this again. where does that leave you? we have the fellow support for the staff, so they will be taken care of, at least by 80% of their wages. we still have our overheads and running costs, which we can't account for, we will have no income obviously, so it will bea have no income obviously, so it will be a tough month. november is a tough month as it is. it will be even harder now because there is no income, no revenue. there is no guarantee this is only a four—week break we will have a mimic and get the show on the road, so that lack of uncertainty does leave you with

some sleepless nights. so you can hear there just one landlord's frustration at what's going on, and how they are going to have to close, and how, in spite of all the money they've spent, he feels like the rug has been pulled from under his feet. that feeling and sense of frustration is replicated in many, many businesses up and down the south—west. one of the areas of concern that the government mentioned on saturday was how the health services would cope down here. well, i have spoken to a number of medical people this morning, medical experts, who told me that at the moment they can cope, that there are no concerns, as things stand. there is one person in the acu unit in exeter at the moment, but of course those cases are rising. many people understand why they have to be these new restrictions coming in but the medical experts and teams are very keen to point out that the services

are open here in the south—west. the nightingale hospital that was built to cope with any overflow and any excess number of patients in exeter has yet to open. i am being told it is readied but doesn't have to be utilised at the moment but will spring into action should that be needed, but as things stand, the south—west is gearing itself up for the next lockdown, but they are very unhappy at being dragged into what they see is a lockdown they don't need to be. huw edwards is the ceo of the trade body for the fitness and leisure sector, ukactive. it represents more than 4,000 members from across the physical activity sector — gyms, leisure centres, sports bodies and other activity providers. hejoins me now. well, here we go again. yes, afternoon, simon. we fully acknowledge the challenges the prime minister has the face at this moment in time but i think of is simon from little jim who put it really well on your show earlier, real frustration,

given the essential services these facilities play in their local communities, but also real anxiety on facing business closures, potential significant job losses as well. these facilities are really supporting the physical and mental well— being of the supporting the physical and mental well—being of the nation, irrespective of age and background, so what we really fear right now is that these new conditions, these new decisions from the government to combat this crisis could actually fuel another crisis, in terms of inactivity and mental health. given the effort so many in your industry have put into making it safe in gyms and all these leisure centres, what is the evidence for transmission of covid—19 in areas where you operate? it's a really good point. so to start with, we developed with the government injuly, start with, we developed with the government in july, co—developed start with, we developed with the government injuly, co—developed the guidance, probably the highest of any sector in the country, looking at ventilation, social distancing, hygiene, sanitation and track and trace of our membership. since then

in the last few months we have had extremely low prevalence of covid in our facilities and this has been seenin our facilities and this has been seen in the conversations we have had in scotland, where through their circuit breaker gyms and leisure ce ntre circuit breaker gyms and leisure centre stay open, the same in northern ireland, and for the whole roll—out of tier 3 across the country up to friday, gyms and leisure centres were kept open by the local leaders because they recognise the importance of the facilities to people's health and well— being of facilities to people's health and well—being of their facilities to people's health and well— being of their communities. facilities to people's health and well-being of their communities. we are going into the winter can of course, people can go outside as much as they did earlier. absolutely so sage guidance to the government said closing gyms and leisure centres would have an impact adversely on activity levels especially in the winter but also for the mental health on the nation. so we are very worried about the impact on the physical and mental well— being of millions across impact on the physical and mental well—being of millions across the country, vulnerable groups, black and asian minority ethnic groups, the covenant has to come up with a plan to stop it can't disclose its facilities because people were

naturally transfer to the outside and get their exercise and activity, we need to see a plan over the next 48 hours before the vote on wednesday. we will talk to you again perhaps on wednesday then. thanks for your time. wales's first minister, mark drakeford, has set out how he proposes to come out of the country's firebreak lockdown which ends in a week. our wales correspondent tomos morgan had this update from cardiff. so on the 9th of november, just four days after england begins its lockdown, the firebreak will end in wales. what will happen then will be a gradual easing of restrictions, when a few things will happen straightaway. two households will be able to bubble, and that will be the same for both inside and outdoors. 15 people can meet up in a group activity inside. 30 people outside. gyms, restaurants, bars and cafes will reopen, but regarding the hospitality sector, first minister mark drakeford said that there would be continued discussions this afternoon on how that sector will operate, now that the lockdown will be in effect in england from thursday. they don't want to see people coming between the two nations on the border.

travel will be prohibited outside of wales, but people can holiday within wales, and talking about england, now that that lockdown is in place, mark drakeford said that there would be a ban now between people travelling between the two neighbouring countries. it is really important that, as we open up, wales doesn't become an escape for people seeking to circumvent the new tighter restrictions imposed by the prime minister. there will be no travel restrictions inside wales, but during the month—long lockdown in england, travel will not be permitted outside wales, without a reasonable excuse. there will be a few exceptions for people travelling between wales and england. that will be for work purposes, or for care purposes,

but other than that, there will be no exceptions. the firebreak here ending a week today on the 9th of november. he is one of the most famous actors in the world. but now, johnny depp's reputation is in tatters after he lost his libel action agains the sun. the high courtjudge ruled that the newspaper's claim in 2018 that he had assaulted his ex—wife amber heard was ‘substantially true'. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following the case. one time, erm, johnny was hitting me. and he was hitting me... . . ha rd and repeatedly. camera shutter clicks. the heart of this is a single word. johnny depp, one of the most successful actors in the world, was accused of being a "wife—beater" — a man who assaulted his wife on more than 14 occasions, who left her fearing for her life. amber heard had photographs.

she also had video. bleeping. what happened? butjohnny depp said it was all a hoax. in the years that followed, she became an activist for women's rights, and wrote about enduring domestic violence. and when the sun questioned johnny depp's casting in the fantastic beasts movie, the star made a decision — he would go to court. i grew up in texas, riding horses... one of the allegations centred on this appearance onjames corden's talk show. amber heard said, beneath her make—up, her face was bruised and bleeding. johnny depp said it was all a hoax. thejudge disagreed. i think that his reputation is destroyed. i didn't think this was a case that needed to be brought. i think it was ill—advised and certainly was unhelpful. and, of course, now the only way out for him will be a complete rehabilitation. you have given me so much

strength... and remember, this wasn't amber heard's case. it was actually an argument betweenjohnny depp and the sun newspaper. but it was her allegations that were being tested and, for many, this is about more than just a battle over a newspaper article. the main issue, for me, was that i thought it would prevent victims from coming forward, so to have this result, particularly now, just as we are about to go into another lockdown, i think sends a clears message to victims that, actually, do come forward, you will be believed. and, for me, that's the most important thing. johnny depp's lawyers have described thejudgment as "perverse and bewildering". he had hoped to restore his reputation. this judgment has torn it apart. david sillito, bbc news. you are watching bbc news, coming up to 3:30pm, we are awaiting boris johnson, addressing mps. he is going to be setting out his plans for a

new four week lockdown across england from thursday. we have pictures of him leaving downing street a short time ago, as he heads to the house of commons. he has previously resisted pressure to introduce nationwide restrictions, saying they would be disastrous for the uk's finances, but given the scientific advice of the last few days, he has changed his mind in that announcement on saturday, which he will give formal notice of in the comments in the next few minutes. our political correspondent ian watson will take us to that. it has been quite a change of mind because up been quite a change of mind because up until now the argument has always been we need to do this at local level. that's right, simon. if you recall the prime minister himself said another national lockdown would bea said another national lockdown would be a disaster, and accused of sir keir starmer the labour leader of trying to lock the nation down. so we'll get to the prime minster‘s own words on that. i think he acknowledge the calls for an early

intervention but he will still defend the regional approach, trying to keep as much of the economy open for as long as possible. he would also be saying he is making a moral and medical case for intervention. that simply on the face of the fa cts , that simply on the face of the facts, his position had to change, because the number of deaths over the winter period could, with no further action, be twice as high as they were at the peak of the virus backin they were at the peak of the virus back in the spring. you can just hear a bell going behind back in the spring. you can just heara bell going behind me, mps are coming out of the chamber from defence questions, reassembling for the prime minister's statement and a couple of minutes' time. sir keir starmer already in place on the opposition benches. he will be arguing the prime minister should have acted sooner, he was showing a lack of leadership and he should have made a much stronger case for intervention earlier on and taken on some of his own critics from the backbenches. as for those critics, we will be hearing from them too, because we have a list of mps likely to be called to ask the prime minister questions, including sir graham brady, chair of the influential 1922 backbench committee who says he will be voting against

lockdown measures when mps get a vote on wednesday. he is concerned about the civil liberties aspect of this, he says it is the sort of thing a totalitarian state would be doing. others are more concerned about effectively how long the lockdown will last. the prime minister said a month, some mps say they want to guarantee this simply won't roll over on december two and extended up until christmas and beyond. others say they want full economic assessment of the impact of this lockdown, and they want to see is some kind of exit strategy from the prime minister. so i think you will get some very specific questions, some general criticisms, but on wednesday when mps vote of course, this will go through because labour, although criticising the government's tardiness, are nonetheless going to be backing the new restrictions as unwelcome but necessary. i think from the point of view of the prime minister, in terms of keeping the morale of the party together, he will have to make a very strong and robust case for intervention and for imposing very

serious restrictions from thursday. quite interesting, boris johnson quite interesting, borisjohnson is sitting with rishi sunak and he has become the target for labour in the last few hours. the chancellor has been arguing about keeping as much of the economy open for as long as possible, and it is interesting they are sitting together. the chancellor now says the growing threat of overwhelming the nhs without action has convinced him it is time to take that action but labour are criticising him for a couple of reasons, first of all that he should have extended the furlough scheme much earlier, and he hasn't given generous enough support, and they are aware that in opinion polls, the chancellor is more popular than borisjohnson chancellor is more popular than boris johnson whose chancellor is more popular than borisjohnson whose personal ratings have taken a hit. they want to attack both men. we can go to the commons now. i understand the

statement was due to be made today but was brought forward because of the leaks to the media. after speaking with the prime minister and the leader of the house who went to great lengths to reassure me that the leaks were not from downing street, i expect the prime minister to keep the house updated on his inquiry. i also hope that if the leaker is identified and if a member of this house, that member will make an apology to the house at the u na cce pta ble an apology to the house at the unacceptable behaviour. i would also like to point out that the reduce sign language interpretation for this statement is available to watch on the parliamentary live tv —— i would like to point out that the british sign language interpretation. i will make a statement on the measures we must now take to contain the autumn surge of the coronavirus, to protect the nhs and save lives. the chief medical officer and the chief scientific adviser on saturday evening described the remorseless advance of the second wave. the

extraordinary efforts being made by millions of people across the country, especially by those in very high alert areas have made a real difference, suppressing the r rate below where it would have been but it is still above one in much of england as it is across europe and it is increasing faster than the reasonable worst case scenario and there are more covid patients in some hospitals now than at the height of the first wave. 2000 more this sunday than last sunday. while the prevalence of the virus is worse in parts of the north, the south and the midlands is now accelerating and evenin the midlands is now accelerating and even in the south—west where incidence remains low, current projections mean they will start to run out of hospital capacity in a matter of weeks. the modelling from our scientists suggest that without action we could see up to twice as many deaths over the winter as we

saw in the first wave. faced with these latest figures, there is no alternative but to take further action at a national level. i believe it was right to try every possible option to get this virus under control at a local level with strong local action and strong local leadership, and i reject any suggestion that we are somehow slow in taking measures than our european friends and partners, and we are moving to national measures when the rate both of deaths and infections is lower than they were in france. we are engaged in a constant struggle to protect lives and livelihoods, and we must balance the restrictions we introduce against the long—term scars they leave. whether for businesses and jobs or our physical and mental health, and no one wants to impose measures u nless no one wants to impose measures unless absolutely essential. so it

made sense to focus initially on the areas where the disease was surging and not to shut businesses pubs and restau ra nts and not to shut businesses pubs and restaurants in parts of the country where incidents was low and i want to thank the millions of people who have put up with local restrictions, sometimes for months on end, i want to thank them and the local leaders who have understood the gravity of the position. we will continue as far as possible to adopt a pragmatic and local approach in the months ahead. but we are fighting a disease, and when the data changes, of course we must change course, and to those in this house who believe we should resist further national measures, let me spell out the medical and moral disaster we face. if we allow the health system to be overwhelmed exactly as the data suggests, that would not only be a disaster for thousands of covid patients, we would also reach a point where the nhs was no longer there for everyone, and the sick would be turned away because there

was no room in our hospitals. the principle of care for anyone who needs it, whoever they are and where ever, whenever they need it, could be broken for the first time in our lives. doctors and nurses could be forced to choose which patients to treat, who would live and who would die. this existential threat to our nhs comes from not from focusing too much on coronavirus but from not focusing enough. if we fail to get coronavirus on the control it is the sheer weight of demand from covid patients that would deprive others of the care they need, cancer treatment, heart surgery and other life—saving procedures, or this could be put at risk if we do not get the virus under control —— all this. even though we are better prepared than before, with stockpiles of ppe and ventilators in the nightingale hospital is on standby and 13,000 more nurses than last year, i'm afraid the virus is doubling faster than we can

conceivably add capacity, and even if we doubled capacity of the game it would be consumed in a single doubling of the virus. on wednesday the house will vote on regulations which if passed will mean that from thursday until the 2nd of december in england, people can only leave home for specific reasons including for education, work if you can't work from home, exercise and recreation outdoors, on your own or with your household or with one person from another house or support bubble, to escape injury or harm, to shop forfood bubble, to escape injury or harm, to shop for food and essentials and to provide care for vulnerable people or as provide care for vulnerable people orasa provide care for vulnerable people or as a volunteer. essential shops will remain open and click and collect services will continue so people don't need to stock up, but i'm afraid an essential shops, leisure and entertainment venues will be closed. hospitality must close except for takeaway and delivery services. places of worship

can open for individual prayer, funerals and formal childcare but sadly not for services. however, remembrance sunday events can go ahead provided they are held outside and observe social distancing. workplaces should stay open where people cannot work from home, for example in construction and manufacturing, and in elite sport will also be able to continue. single adult households can still form exclusive bubbles with one other household and children can still move between parents if they are separated. if you are vulnerable and those over 60 should minimise their contact with others. while we will not ask people to shield again in the same way, the clinically extremely vulnerable should only work from home, and i am truly sorry for the anguish these measures will impose especially for businesses which have just got back on their feet, and businesses across the country who have gone to such trouble to make themselves covid

secure and install perspex greens and to do the right thing. each of these actions has helped to bring these actions has helped to bring the r down and their hard work will stand them in good stead. but it is now clear that we must do more together. so the government will continue to do everything possible to supportjobs continue to do everything possible to support jobs and continue to do everything possible to supportjobs and livelihoods and in the next four weeks as we have throughout. we have protected almost 10 millionjobs with throughout. we have protected almost 10 million jobs with fellow and we are now extending the scheme throughout november —— with the furlough scheme. we have paid out millions to help the self employed andi millions to help the self employed and i can millions to help the self employed and i can announce millions to help the self employed and i can announce that from november we will double our support from 40 to 80% of trading profits. the chancellor would extend the deadline for applications to covid loa n deadline for applications to covid loan schemes to make sure that small businesses can have access to additional loans if required. we are

not going back to the full scale lockdown of march and april and there are ways in which these measures are less prohibitive. we have a moral duty to keep schools open now, but it is safe to do so, because we must not let this virus damage our children's futures. schools will remain open, colleges, universities, childcare and early yea rs universities, childcare and early years settings, and i'm pleased this will command the support across this house. it is also vital that we continue provision for non covid how to get so people should still turn up to get so people should still turn upfor to get so people should still turn up for all treatments and appointments, and let me stress that these restrictions are time—limited. after four weeks on wednesday the 2nd of december, they will expire. we intend to return to a tiered system we intend to return to a tiered syste m o n we intend to return to a tiered system on a local and regional basis according to the latest data and

trends, and the house will have a vote to agree the way forward. we have updated the devolved administrations on the action we are taking in england and will continue to work with them on plans for christmas and beyond. while scientists are bleak in their predictions over the short term, they are unanimously optimistic about the medium and long term. if the house asks me what is the exit strategy, what is the way out? let me be clear, the way out is to get the r down and to beat the autumn surge, and to use this moment to exploit the medical and technical advances we are making to keep it low. we now have not only the much better medication and the prospect ofa better medication and the prospect of a vaccine but we have the immediate prospect of many millions of cheap, reliable and rapid turnaround tests with a result in minutes. trials have already shown that we can help suppress the

disease in hospitals, schools, and universities, by testing large numbers of nhs workers, children, teachers and students. these tests, crucially, identify people who are infectious but who do not have symptoms, allowing them immediately to self—isolate and stop the spread of the disease, and allowing those who are not infectious to continue as normal. this means that unlike the spring it is possible to give these institutions open and still stop the spread of the disease. and so over the next days and weeks we plan a steady but massive expansion in the deployment of these quick turnaround tests which will be manufactured in this country, applying them in an ever—growing number of situations, from helping women to have their partners with them in labour wards when they are giving birth, to testing whole towns and even cities. the army has been brought into work on the logistics

and the programme will begin in a matter of days. we have dexamethasone, as a treatment for the disease, pioneered in this country. we have the real prospect ofa country. we have the real prospect of a vaccine in the first quarter of next year. we have ever sophisticated means of providing virtually instant tests. i believe these technical developments taken together will enable us to defeat the virus by the spring as humanity has defeated every other infectious disease and i'm not alone in this optimism. but i cannot pretend that the way ahead is easy or without painful choices for pay —— for us, soi painful choices for pay —— for us, so i must ask the people of the country to come together, to protect the nhs and to save many thousands of lives, and i commend this statement to the house. the leader of the opposition, keir starmer. can

i thank the prime ministerfor advance notice of his statement and his call on saturday. the central lesson from the first wave of the virus was that if you don't act early and decisively, the cost will be far worse, more people will lose their jobs, be far worse, more people will lose theirjobs, more businesses will be forced to close, and tragically more people will lose their loved ones. the prime minister and the chancellor failed to learn this lesson. as a result this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks, and it will be harder, we've just missed at least four weeks, and it will be harder, we'vejust missed half at least four weeks, and it will be harder, we've just missed half term, and the human cost will be higher. on the 21st of september when the government's own scientists sage recommended a two—week circuit break there were 11 deaths from covid—19,

and just over 4000 covid infections, and just over 4000 covid infections, and for 40 days the prime minister ignored that advice. when he finally announced a longer and deeper national lockdown on saturday, those figures had increased to 326 deaths per day and 22,000 covid cases, and thatis per day and 22,000 covid cases, and that is the human cost of the government's in action. the reality is that the two pillars of the prime minister's strategy, the £12 billion track and trace and regional restrictions have not only failed to stop the second wave but they have been swept away by it. at every stage the prime minister has been too slow, behind the curve, and at every stage he has pushed away challenge, ignored advice, and put what he hoped would happen ahead of what he hoped would happen ahead of what is happening. at every stage he has over promised and under delivered. rejecting the advice of

his own scientists for 40 days was a catastrophic failure of leadership and of judgment. the catastrophic failure of leadership and ofjudgment. the prime minister needs to explain to the british people why he failed to act and to listen but a tougher national restrictions are now needed and the virus is out of control, and the cost of further inaction would be huge. labour will provide the votes necessary to make this happen. but we will also demand that the government doesn't waste these four weeks and repeat past mistakes. can the prime minister answered some very simple and direct questions? will the government finally use this period to fix the broken track and trace period to fix the broken track and tra ce syste m period to fix the broken track and trace system and give control to local authorities as we have proposed for months? we all agree that schools should be kept open so will the prime minister finally put

in place the additional testing, support and strategy needed to make this happen? will the prime minister confirmed that the new economic package, the chancellor's fought in five weeks, will be at least as generous as in march? —— fourth in five weeks. and will he go further to close the gaping holes in support for the self—employed and will there be further support for the 1 million people who have already lost their jobs since march? how does the primer is the plan to get a grip on messaging and rebuild public trust question what —— the prime minister. this announcement is only happening today because it was late to the newspapers before it came to parliament. —— before it was leaked to the national newspapers. and what is the exit —— strategy for exiting lockdown? i noted the prime minister did not make this clear in his statement. this matters because even

before this national lockdown, millions of people have been living under restrictions over many months, lester is on day 127, for example, —— leicester is on. the british people need confidence that the government actually has a plan, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. i know how difficult the next month will be, and the months to come, the lockdown will be harder, longer and more to come, the lockdown will be harder, longerand more damaging thanit harder, longerand more damaging than it needed to be. and now more than it needed to be. and now more than ever we must stand together. as a country, as families and communities, and show once again that at a moment of national crisis the british people always rise to the british people always rise to the moment and support those in need. thank you, mr speaker. prime minister. i'm grateful to the right honourable gentleman for supporting these measures and he is right to do so, but i make no apology whatever

for doing my level best, our level best as a government, to avoid going back into a national lockdown with all the damage that entails for people's livelihoods and mental health, forjobs people's livelihoods and mental health, for jobs across people's livelihoods and mental health, forjobs across the country, and that was our intention. it is absolutely true as the house has learned today, the virus has risen across the whole of much of northern europe and that doesn't mean that it was wrong to go for a local approach and it does mean that it was wrong to support nhs test and trace because both those approaches and both those means have done a fantastic job both those means have done a fantasticjob in their way of bringing the virus under control and of reducing the r. it is lower than it would have been without those heroic local efforts and lower than it would have been without nhs test and trace and he should stop

continually knocking it, but we need people to self—isolate and if there is one criticism that i accept, and i accept many criticisms, but we need to see people self isolating to a greater extent than they currently are and it would be good if people could back and support nhs test and trace because it is absolutely vital. turning to some of the points that he made, yes, it is true that we are going to protect schools and we are going to protect schools and we are going to protect schools and we are massively expanding testing for schools and i mentioned earlier on in my remarks about what mass testing can do for schools, universities and other institutions, and he asked about help for the economy and businesses and the self—employed. he perhaps did not hear what i said, we are massively increasing help for the self—employed and we will continue to support businesses and livelihoods across this country and i once again thank the chancellor

for the creativity he brings to these problems. he asks when the measures would end and they will end asi measures would end and they will end as i have told the house, on the 2nd of december, at the house has the right to decide and we will vote on whatever measures it chooses to bring in, but we will then go back to the tiered system based on the data. he asks the people of this country to stand together against the coronavirus and i could not agree with him more. i may respectfully say, i think the people of his country would also like to see the politicians of this country standing together a bit more coherently in the face of this virus. liam fox. the impact of the pandemic goes well beyond covid patients to all parts of the nhs, to our economy and social well—being, and so for the house to be able to

determine across all parts of government that decisions have been taken on the best available evidence, that a new parliamentary committee, perhaps time—limited, should be established to reassure the british public that through this committee that the queue is not worse than the disease. —— the cure. that is a very interesting suggestion. i must tell him that throughout the pandemic individual departmental select committees as well as the liaison committee have shown that they are more than capable of scrutinising these issues but i leave it up to the house to decide on what arrangements it uses to make. the leader of the snp up in scotland, ian blackford. it is right that the uk government extends the furlough scheme as a consequence of new lockdown measures and it is right that economic support is put in place, because when governments

restrain work opportunities as a consequence of the health measures, and it is right to take necessary financial decisions and this should also be held by the devolved administrations when they are taking lockdown decisions, and that is why i have asked the prime minister on no less than six separate occasions to extend the furlough scheme and yet every time the prime minister rejected that call. this weekend's last—minute u—turn on the furlough scheme has finally buried the nonsense of a union of equals. people across these islands saw exactly what happened at the weekend. a mini extension to the furlough scheme was only granted at the 11th hour and when one part of the 11th hour and when one part of the uk needed it, this is a democratic disgrace. the prime minister only acted when england needed support, because when scotla nd needed support, because when scotland needed further support westminster said no. for many, this

u—turn is already far too late, and thousands have already lost their jobs unnecessarily and many good businesses have gone under and millions of the self—employed are still excluded. today, i have one very direct question for the prime minister, if requested by the devolved governments, especially if they need to put in place additional lockdown measures, will the prime minister guarantee that the treasury will make 80% furlough scheme payments available for scottish welsh and northern irish workers and businesses? it is a simple question, and for once, give us a straight a nswer to and for once, give us a straight answer to a question that the people of scotla nd answer to a question that the people of scotland want to know. no more ducking and diving. yes or no? the a nswer ducking and diving. yes or no? the answer is yes because the furlough scheme is a uk—wide scheme and it applies across the whole of the uk and it is true that scotland is

currently taking a slightly different approach but he was talking nonsense about the non—application of the furlough scheme in scotland, absolute nonsense. the treasury of the country, the uk, has applied £7.2 billion to support the people of scotland, quite right, too, and it has protected 900,000 jobs in scotland. that is thanks to the might of the uk treasury. charles walker. i will not be supporting the legislation on wednesday because as we drift further into an authoritarian coercive state the only legal mechanism left open to me is to vote against that legislation, thatis is to vote against that legislation, that is all we have got left. if my constituents protest they get arrested. given that the people of this country will never ever forgive the political class for criminalisation parents seeing

children and children seeing pa rents, children and children seeing parents, does the prime minister not agree with me that now is the time for a written constitution that guarantees the fundamental rights of our constituents, a constitution underpinned and enforced by the supreme court? what the people of this country want rather than delectable disputations of a written constitution is to defeat the coronavirus and that is why i think that overwhelmingly they understand the need for these measures and they understand the need for us to come together as a country and get the r down in the way we are proposing.- davey. the liberal democrats will back this plan but can i tell the prime is that that we will hold the government to account for failing to listen to the scientist and refusing lockdown weeks ago and costing many more lives —— can i tell the prime minister. throughout the pandemic

many people have been let down by this government and the excluded, self—employed, students, key workers, but i want to ask the prime list of what group has been forgotten, unpaid carers. many ca re rs forgotten, unpaid carers. many carers have been struggling, often relying on food banks, as they care for other people, so will the prime minister follow the advice of carers uk, increase the carers alliance by £20 a week at the same rise as the universal credit, and give these incredible people a lifeline? i'm very grateful to carers, unpaid ca re rs very grateful to carers, unpaid carers in particular, for everything they have done to keep this country going throughout the pandemic and i will look at the proposal he makes but i would remind him of the colossal interventions we have already made, whether 200 million, to supportjobs already made, whether 200 million, to support jobs and already made, whether 200 million, to supportjobs and support livelihoods across the whole of the uk, and we will continue to put our

arms around the people of this country. we have around 50 miles of the border between wales and england and my constituents who are already in lockdown regularly go across the borderfor work and in lockdown regularly go across the border for work and health care and education, can he confirm that essential travel over the border is not only permitted but encouraged, and that the welsh government should not be using this pandemic to create artificial barriers between wales and england? mr speaker, i understand the frustrations that my honourable friend has, and i know how deeply difficult it is for people throughout this country to go throughout this country to go through the restrictions on our normal way of life as we are asking people to do again, and i apologise to herfor doing what people to do again, and i apologise to her for doing what we are obliged to her for doing what we are obliged to do but we must ask people unless it is absolutely necessary to stay at home and stop transmission of the

virus. that applies throughout the uk. prime minister, we were promised a churchillian response to this virus, but rather than a church chilean response, we have had a response more like lord halifax, because while we have had the rhetoric of defiance, this announcement today really is an announcement today really is an announcement of defeat. we have surrendered our freedoms, announcement of defeat. we have surrendered ourfreedoms, we have surrendered ourfreedoms, we have surrendered ourfreedoms, we have surrendered our economy, we have driven people to despair with daily doses of doom laden data. can he promise us that once we get past this latest lockdown that if there is another upsurge, we are not going to get a bout of the same destructive medicine but we will get a policy which allows this country and individuals to run their own lives and not be ruled by this virus? mr speaker, i sympathise very much with the sentiments that he

ex presses much with the sentiments that he expresses about the loss of freedom and people's frustrations, and i do understand that, but i must say that what the people of this country want to see is this virus brought down. they want to see a reduction in the infection rate and alas, at the moment, this is the best tool we have to do that. when you look at the whole national picture. but i am optimistic when i look at these scientific interventions that we have coming down the track, and even the medical and scientific advisers who are not normally, mr speaker, full of cheer on this matter, are optimistic when they consider the therapies, the prospect of a vaccine and the prospect of massive testing of the kind i have outlined to the house. thank you, mr speaker. can i thank my right honourable friend for his

statement, and whilst i accept that we do need to do something to ensure hospitalisations are controlled and that the r rate falls, can my right honourable friend please review the regulations around socially distance out door sports such as golf and tennis, as these are good forms of exercise for all ages and present very little risk of infection?” synthesise again mr speaker with the point my honourable friend makes and iam glad point my honourable friend makes and i am glad he makes it. all i can say is that honourable members should get on to the website, embers of the public should get onto the website and see what is permitted, but the reality is we have to stop, we have to break the transmission of the disease and that is why i am afraid i must tell with great sadness tell my honourable friends we have to make these restrictions for the next four weeks, and i bitterly regret it but it is what we have to do.

we have learned so much since spring, mr speaker. we have learned we are expected to act grateful in wales must we have learned the treasury is only there for us when the home counties of go into lockdown. the casual dismissal of devolution that cost people their jobs, the news simply came too late. he may not have noticed yet, but the prime minister and his chancellor are hunting a membership drive for the independence movement yes camera, who added 2000 members in two days this weekend! yes cymru. would he accept my grateful thanks? iam would he accept my grateful thanks? i am always grateful for any kindness from the right honourable lady but i can tell her that generally speaking our cooperation with the government administration in cardiff has been excellent and i have no doubt will continue to be so. the prime minister is clearly

and quite properly trying to do everything to cut infections and deaths from covid—19. to that end over the weekend, a number of eminent scientist called on the government to try to resolve the vitamin d deficiency issues in the united kingdom to reduce the severity of the pandemic. they have been dozens of studies over hundreds of countries in the last six months which show, or imply any way, that this could reduce the infection rates by half and the death rates by half again, the case of death rates by half again. the scottish government is now sending four months of supply of vitamin d to eve ryo ne months of supply of vitamin d to everyone who shielding in scotland. given its low cost and no medical downside, could our government consider the same approach in england? i am very grateful to my right honourable friend, he is entirely right we are indeed looking at the possible beneficial effects of vitamin d and i know we will be updating the house shortly. we now

go down to brighton to caroline lucas. thank you, mr speaker. extending support for the self—employed is welcome but it does nothing for the other 3 million self—employed and freelancers who have been unfairly left out of previous schemes and are still excluded. huge numbers of those working in the arts and hospitality in my brighton constituency for example. will he look at that again, and will he take one small but simple step that would help? will he acknowledged that the minimum income floor under universal credit discriminates against anyone with an unpredictable and variable income, and will he delay its impending reintroduction? mr speaker, i can tell the right honourable lady that we are supporting the arts as she knows with a £1.57 billion package, they are vital for our country, massively important to the uk

economy, and her point about the minimum income floor for economy, and her point about the minimum income floorfor universal credit is when the government well understands, and we are looking at actively at the moment. can i thank the prime ministerfor actively at the moment. can i thank the prime minister for the actively at the moment. can i thank the prime ministerfor the bitter medicine that he has had to deliver over the last two or three days, and cani over the last two or three days, and can i assure him that i will support his measures, because nobody has put forward a viable immediate alternative that would avoid the overwhelming of the nhs. but what can my right honourable friend do to strengthen public confidence in the government has not covid response? he started today to set out some of the features of what might be called a plan for living with coronavirus, a plan for living with coronavirus, a combination of vaccines and testing and tracking and tracing. would he consider setting that out ina would he consider setting that out in a white paper, and with that include transformation of notjust the logistics, but of the leadership

of the test track and trace so they can run a coherent and viable campaign to change behaviour by consent and cooperation and get public compliance in that programme, and finally will he publish more of the analysis and data behind the decisions he has had to take so that people can understand why the government is making these decisions more clearly and there will be more transparency and accountability?” am grateful to my right honourable friend for all his excellent suggestions. i will certainly be happy to publish all the data, and i have tried to set out to the house earlier on mr speaker our plan for the way forward, and he is absolutely correct that it does rely on notjust absolutely correct that it does rely on not just getting absolutely correct that it does rely on notjust getting the virus down now in this four—week period, that is the objective, but also to ensure that we make the maximum possible use of the various scientific developments, not just use of the various scientific developments, notjust the vaccine and new therapies, but as he says,

improved testing, and i can certainly assure him that the military will be closely involved. my military will be closely involved. my constituents in bristol south did everything asked of them. they obeyed the rules, at great personal sacrifice, and now they are being asked to do it again because of his government's failure. trust is absolutely now at rock bottom, so to rebuild that trust, his two key plans around test and trace and the tier system. firstly, he plans around test and trace and the tiersystem. firstly, he needs plans around test and trace and the tier system. firstly, he needs to sack baroness harding. i know she's a friend. i know it's difficult. it has clearly been a failure, and needs to give that £12 million resource back to the experts on the local ground who know how to use it and to support people isolating. and secondly, i know he is going to return to the tier system, that's all we know about december three. what is the real plan? if the tier system has worked, bristol is currently in tier 1, are we to expect bristolians to return to tier 1on

expect bristolians to return to tier 1 on december three? first of all mr speaker, again nhs test and trace, whatever the drawbacks, whatever the frustrations people legitimately feel, it will achieve its target of 500,000 capacity by the end of october. it already has achieved that target and i think it is a considerable thing to have done. i thank everybody working in nhs test and trace for their effort. as i say, we need people to self—isolate to give the system the effectiveness that it needs. i can tell her that when we come to the 2nd of december, the tier that areas go into will depend very much on the effectiveness with which we have will have followed the instructions we are giving today, and that is the guidance she should give her constituents. mr speaker, lockdown isa constituents. mr speaker, lockdown is a necessary evil and comes with a lot of pain, but like the memberfor south basildon earlier, many of my

constituents in bracknell have contacted me to express concern that the effective closure of gymnasiums, golf clubs and tennis clubs. given the proven benefits of exercise and the proven benefits of exercise and the lack of any clear evidence these activities have contributed to an increase in the r rate, might the prime minister be willing to reconsider the current guidance within the next four weeks? again, mr speaker, i must apologise to my honourable friend for not being able to offer the house a huge list of exemptions to the rules we are setting out, because once you unpick at one thing, alas the effectiveness of the whole package is compromised, but that's why i want everyone to work together for the next four weeks, as i say, to get the r under control so that we can open things up control so that we can open things up again in time for december. what is the prime minister and

chancellor's estimate of the additional economic cost of implementing this second lockdown now for four weeks implementing this second lockdown now forfour weeks or implementing this second lockdown now for four weeks or possibly more in the run—up to christmas, compared to implementing it for two weeks when sage first recommended it back on 21st of september? well, mr speaker, is the chief medical officer said i think on saturday night, there is no right time to close businesses, to close pubs and restau ra nts. close businesses, to close pubs and restaurants. no government wants to do that. we hope very much that this limited four—week action will get the r down and i think it is greatly to be preferred to a rolling series of lockdowns of the kind that i believe were being proposed. thank you, mr speaker, and i thank my right honourable friend in particular for laying out the scientific data on which this decision is based. most people will

say we are prepared obviously to do the right thing, in order to eliminate and defeat this virus, but could he set out the criteria that he will use to ensure that we can come out of this partial lockdown on the 2nd of december, because the risk is that things could get worse over these next two or three weeks before we see an improvement, and people want to know what it is they have to do to make sure that we get the infection rate down, and make sure it stays down. just to repeat the point that i think i made to the right honourable gentleman opposite, the r is above one but it is not much above one. it is not much above one, and if we work hard between now and the 2nd of december, i believe that we can get it below one, but whatever happens, these restrictions end on the 2nd of december, and any further measures will be a matter for this house of commons. thank

you, mr speaker. what plans will be put in place to address spiralling waiting lists for cancer services, and what additional support is the government giving to the many thousands of people that have had their cancer treatment disrupted due to the pandemic? she makes an excellent point, and it is precisely to protect cancer services mr speaker to ensure that non—covid patients do get access to the treatment that we need that we have to put in the package of measures that we have announced today. thank you, mr speaker. i understand that the data leaves the government with no choice but to enter a national lockdown, but given the huge consequences that this entails, can my right honourable friend give assurances that the new tools that are at his disposal, in particular

the 15 minute tests, will be a sufficiently ubiquitous and effective in the coming weeks to avoid any future national lockdown after november? that is certainly the intention and that is why we are massively ramping up the tests in the way she describes. his fellow is in place until december. the german equivalent is in place until germany 2021. that is the kind of certainty that employees in glasgow north are looking for. we have said fellow is uk wide so does that mean if parts of the united kingdom are still in a lockdown beyond december that they will have the resources they need to extend the furlough, yes or no? he must have missed my answer to the leader of his group, the scottish nationalist party. i can tell him the furlough is a uk—wide scheme,

applies to the whole of the united kingdom, and the uk has orally contributed 7.2 billion to scotland to support the people of scotland throughout the crisis. can i ask my right honourable friend before wednesday to publish a full impact assessment, setting out the cost of the lockdown, in terms ofjobs that will be lost, businesses that will fail, and the enormous toll on people's mental and other aspects of their health, the lives that will be lost as a result of lockdown, as well of those that we hope to save? mr speaker, there are many estimates of the economic impact that the country has already sustained, many projections of the losses in employment that we, alas, expect, but against then we must set the

tragic loss of life that would inevitably insua if this house failed to act on wednesday. we are heading up to merseyside with bill esterson. it has been the 33 weeks since the start of the first lockdown. in that time, one in 20 people who are part of the working population have had no work, but also have been ineligible for furlough, ineligible for the self—employed financial support, and ineligible for the business grants and loans, so what is the prime minister's message to the millions of people who have had no financial support, about how they should put food on the table for their families? mr speaker, i am grateful to him, because he raises a very important point. we have put another

£9 billion into the welfare system, principally by upgrading universal credit, and that will go through to next year, as he knows. thank you, mr speaker. this lockdown since march has been devastating for so many people, and only very relu cta ntly many people, and only very reluctantly will i be supporting the latest lockd own reluctantly will i be supporting the latest lockdown measures when they come to this house on wednesday, but does my right honourable friend agree with me that the real problem here is for people because mac mental health, whether it is elderly people who are in care homes, or who are desperately missing their families around them, whether it is business people who are seeing their life ‘s efforts just ruined around them, and also of course families with very young children are so isolated and frankly miserable? so will my right honourable friend please do everything possible to make sure that this lockdown is a compassionate one, and that wherever possible we make sure that support

for those who are vulnerable and with mental health problems will be supported through it? indeed, mr speaker, and that is why we have put another £12 billion into supporting mental health care. but the general point she makes is very important, and it is one of the reasons why no government wants to impose these measures lightly, and why we want to make sure that we get through them as fast as we can. the prime minister quite rightly spoke of the importance of strong local action and strong local leadership but he needs to acknowledge that his dithering and delay and the lack of communication has made local leaders‘sjob is far communication has made local leaders‘s job is far more difficult. will he and the chancellor now commit, today, to talk to the core cities to assess the actual economic impact of lockdown on their cities, and in the first instance the need for a winter support package to tackle issues such as rough sleeping, food poverty and is the right honourable lady just sleeping, food poverty and is the right honourable ladyjust said mental health? i am grateful to the

honourable lady. we are in constant contact with government, regional, local, city level throughout this country to help them protect and support our constituents, and we have given about 3.7 billion to local councils, and we will continue to support local government throughout the crisis. it is important that parliament should have the chance to scrutinise the scientific advice behind these recommendations, so i'm grateful to sir patrick vallance and professor whitty for agreeing to appear before the science and technology committee tomorrow, but will my right honourable friend is confirmed that it is his policy to have the minimum level of restrictions on businesses and people in every place consistent with the need to avoid overwhelming the nhs? that is the policy very

accurately summed up, mr speaker, but for better elucidation and understanding i really do urge people to get onto the website and see exactly what they need to do.” accept the need for extra restrictions in order to get on top of the r rate and bring it down, but it is disturbing that the government don't seem to have any specific targets that they seek to achieve through this lockdown. so when we have the debate on wednesday, will the government to be coming back with specific targets that it wants to achieve by the 2nd of december? mr speaker, these measures are time—limited, they elapse on the 2nd of december but i repeat the objective is to get the disease to stop doubling, the infection rate to stop doubling, the infection rate to stop doubling, the infection rate to stop doubling and to start halving. to do that, we need to get the r down below one. it is currently

estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.3, andi estimated to be between 1.1 and 1.3, and i think the ons recently said it was1.6, but it and i think the ons recently said it was 1.6, but it has been coming down. our intention is to use this period to get it below one and get that infection rate halving, not doubling. unlike some northern mayors playing a dangerous game of trying to divide along geographical lines, there are lots of leaders in the north of england including in my area who want to work with the government to defeat this virus and won't run off to the nearest tv studio once they have engaged in that partnership with that partnership, but mental health is causing anxiety among many people, will he insure that talking therapies and such charities that work with us will be properly funded throughout this whole process? indeed. he will have seen there are

people who will be helping therapists and others in addition to supporting nhs and mental health. heading up to manchester with abdul khan. thank you, mr speaker. when local leaders ask the government to maintain the furlough scheme at 80% when tier 3 restrictions were imposed across much of the northwest, northeast and the west midlands, they refused. they said the lowest paid residents were told a 67% wage subsidy was sufficient for them. similar restrictions were extended to the rest of england over the weekend, the chancellor appears to have changed his mind, shaken the magic money tree and return to 80%. does the prime minister understand why the north believe they are being treated with utter contempt, and can

he now confirm that the government will maintain an 80% rate subsidy after the national lockdown is restricted? the crucial point here is that the measures we are enacting ori is that the measures we are enacting or i hope their house will vote through on wednesday are very different from the tier 3 measures, and therefore the package of support is appropriately different as well. small businesses across the have been operating under significant restrictions for some time and i have seen for myself the ingenuity and creativity that business owners have adapted to, as they have also reported we demand —— weak demand and reduced cash reserves. many were looking forward to the run—up to christmas with some relief. can my right honourable friend outline the measures to protect livelihoods and

secure jobs measures to protect livelihoods and securejobs in the measures to protect livelihoods and secure jobs in the north—west and warrington south?” secure jobs in the north—west and warrington south? i am grateful to the people of warrington for everything they have done. i know they have had a very tough time. it has been tough to control the disease, as it has been across many, many parts of the country, and they have done a greatjob in bringing the r down. i do think there is the prospect of a much brighter future ahead if we can make a success of these national measures, open up again in december, as i say, give people the chance of some shopping, economic activity in the weeks leading up to christmas and then beyond. we all know that those who wa nt to beyond. we all know that those who want to break up the united kingdom love nothing more than a manufactured grievance, but i have to tell the prime minister that he does nothing to help those of us who wa nt does nothing to help those of us who want the united kingdom to stay together when he is the one

manufacturing the grievance. fellow funds for scotland and other devolved administrations is unfair and untenable and it has to change. he doesn't need to take my word for it. you can ask his own honourable friend from murray, the leader of the scottish conservatives, because he takes exactly the same view. mr speaker, i must respectfully remind the right honourable gentleman of what i have said repeatedly throughout this afternoon. the furlough scheme is uk wide, it will continue to apply in scotland, of course it will. i thank my right honourable friend the prime minister for his statement, and i do take note of his answers to my honourable friends from south basildon and east thurrock and from bracknell that there are outdoor recreational activities, such as swimming at ecker activities, such as swimming at eckel‘s lied over, that can take place in a socially distanced and

responsible way and i would just urge him to reflect on that —— lido. can he also ensure that indoor hospitality businesses that are required to close will receive the necessary support to get their staff through this crisis? mr speaker, in all intellectual humility we will look at all the suggestions being made by honourable members across the house and we will look at any exceptions we can sensibly make. i just go back to the point i made earlier on, it is very difficult to ta ke earlier on, it is very difficult to take out one part of the django block without —— of the jenga. i take out one part of the django block without —— of thejenga. i can assure him that indoor as well as outdoor businesses will certainly be receiving support. can i thank the prime ministerfor his receiving support. can i thank the prime minister for his statement? i understand there will be a barnett consequentials for northern ireland

andi consequentials for northern ireland and i welcome this commitment by government to do that. can i ask the prime minister to recognise that any closure has a massive impact across the united kingdom and in particular given that so many companies in northern ireland supplied the english market, so can i ask the prime minister what extra support or what will there be for the barnett consequentials for northern ireland? mr speaker, i consequentials for northern ireland? mrspeaker, iam consequentials for northern ireland? mr speaker, i am grateful to the honourable gentleman and we are making sure that people across the whole of the uk get the support they need. things have been tough in northern ireland lately, and i think the overall package has been worth about £2.4 billion so far but obviously there will be more to come. i strongly support these painful measures and the prime minister's transparent reluctance to ta ke minister's transparent reluctance to take away people's liberties will reassure many people that they are absolutely necessary. it won't surprise him i want to ask about the

testing of nhs staff. injuly, chris whitty told the select committee he supported regular testing of nhs staff if there was a surge. we now have that surge, but less than half of nhs trusts are testing on a weekly basis all their staff, so will he reassure nhs staff they are not infecting their own patients, reassure cancer patients that it is safe to go into hospitals, reassure the country that the nhs is not going to become a covert only service by saying that when we start this new lockdown, we will also start weekly testing of all nhs staff? mr speaker, we are rolling out testing of all staff as fast as we possibly can, and we are all too aware of the risk of infection of the kind we saw last time. one of the kind we saw last time. one of the things we are doing this time is greatly expanding the use of novel mass testing devices, such as the bmp mass testing devices, such as the lamp technology which i'm sure he is familiar with in

lamp technology which i'm sure he is familiarwith in nhs lamp technology which i'm sure he is familiar with in nhs settings. but where we want to get to, as i told the house earlier on, is a world in which we are testing these particularly vulnerable institutions, hospitals, care homes, schools, universities with regular mass lateral flow testing of the kind i have described. sport is vitalfor our sport is vital for our nation's physical and mental health, and the prime minister triumphantly announced that the premier league would continue but his announcement today means that local amateur football will not be able to continue. clubs and gyms will be closed, despite their valiant effo rts closed, despite their valiant efforts to make sure that they are covid secure, so can i ask the prime minister to publish the specific scientific data between for this set of decisions? i'm happy to provide

all the scientific data on which these decisions have been made but what the house will appreciate is that any particular human activity, you can always find an arguable exemption from these measures, and for many of them, but the difficulty is that to be consistent and to have a package that works you need to have a thoroughgoing series of measures of the kind that we have described. i bitterly regret that we have two curtail for 28 days football clu bs have two curtail for 28 days football clubs and sporting activities in a way that we are. i bitterly regret it but that is i believe necessary to get the r down. we can now go to central devon. thank you, mr speaker. this lockdown will have very serious consequences inevitably for our economy and the

livelihoods of millions of people in our country and for many years to come. the prime minister has rightly stated he doesn't wish to see the nhs overwhelmed but equally we do not wish to see the uk economy overwhelmed. would my right honourable friend agree that perhaps we need a more balanced debate about lockdown involving both scientists and economists more prominently and would he consider perhaps the government's chief economic adviser orsimilar government's chief economic adviser or similar economic expert joining government's scientific experts for number ten press briefings? i'm grateful to my honourable friend and i'm not sure that i wanted to put the chief economic adviser to the experience of the press briefings but we are always aware of the economic consequences and the downsides of what is being done, and

thatis downsides of what is being done, and that is why it is vital we work together and get the r down below one again, it is onlyjust above one andi one again, it is onlyjust above one and i think we can do it by the 2nd of december, and then we can open up the economy again in the way that i know both he and i would like to see. small businesses in my constituency... studio: we are going to come away from the house of commons. boris johnson has to come away from the house of commons. borisjohnson has repeated many of the decisions he made on saturday regarding the plans for another month long lockdown starting on thursday. there will be a parliamentary vote on wednesday. criticism of the prime ministerfor not going faster and further earlier this autumn but also from some conservatives who are opposed to this form of lockdown. the prime minister facing criticism from

this form of lockdown. the prime ministerfacing criticism from many angles. we can have a look at the main points from his statement. he told the house that from thursday people in england would be asked to stay at home unless for a specific reason. non—essential retail and hospitality will close. meeting indoors will not be allowed. leisure facilities like gyms will shut but schools and universities to remain open. borisjohnson also confirmed the furlough scheme will be extended to end of november. the prime minister said that ‘these restrictions are time limited. ‘we intend to return to a tiered approach from december 2nd‘. in response — the labour leader keir starmer said ‘at every stage the prime minister over promised and undelivered. rejecting the advice of his our scientists for 40 days was a catastrophic lack of leadership and lack ofjudgement,‘ but he confirmed his party will vote for the new restrictions on wednesday. let‘s speak to our political correspondent, iain watson. any significant new details in the

statement from boris johnson from what we have had over the weekend? this was a very familiar statement for those who watch the saturday press co nfe re nce for those who watch the saturday press conference because many of the details were leaked forcing the prime minister at‘s hand and he was forced to reassure the speaker that it was not downing street who had lea ked it was not downing street who had leaked it. there was one aspect of the speech which was new and he confirmed that the self—employed would get 80% of their trading profits if they were affected by the lockdown in england in the next month, that is up by 40%, a significant increase in support for those self employed, and there will bea cap those self employed, and there will be a cap of £5,100 in that period and the payments will be spread over three months. the payments will also be speeded up. the chancellor himself rishi sunak indicated he wa nted himself rishi sunak indicated he wanted to do more to help the self—employed by treasury sources have said it is more difficult and complex to do so than having people

who are directly employed because there is more scope for fraud, who are directly employed because there is more scope forfraud, for example, but the prime minister simply said, support was being doubled and increased, and in a subsequent treasury statement there is detail of the loan scheme is being extended. that was partly from a political point of view, for boris johnson, a way of reassuring some of his restless backbenchers that people who are worried about their livelihoods and going out of business would get extra protection, but it also opened up criticism from some on the labour benches about why this level of support was not available in those areas under what used to be called tier 3 restrictions, the north west of england, merseyside, white is the government only been more generous now, is it because the south of england is also being subject to much tighter restrictions? —— why is. he says it is because everything is. he says it is because everything

is now different and the measures will be much more severe from thursday. i think this will be welcome across the house of commons nonetheless. again, the criticism from some on his own side about how this has been handled and whether the government should be doing more work in advance, getting their message across, and there are others who are simply against the lockdown taking place at all and we heard some of that criticism, for example, charles walker, vice—chair of the 1822 committee, he said it was a drift towards authoritarianism and that when mps get to vote on the measures on wednesday he will not be supporting the government. the government is likely to win because the opposition parties will support the opposition parties will support the government on this in the national interest, as they say, but stinging criticism from keir starmer, a catastrophic failure in leadership and judgment from the prime minister, he said. yes, keir

starmer‘s prime minister, he said. yes, keir starmer's support coming with a price, that of severe criticism of the prime minister. these measures will be implemented from thursday, that will be the case, and well—placed conservatives say they think the rebellion against that on the conservatives side will be less than 50, may be significantly less, andi than 50, may be significantly less, and i should say a word about that, because also they were looking for reassurance and they got that from the prime minister, they would be a vote on what happens beyond the 2nd of december, but some conservative mps say if there is any suggestion there has been a —— if there is to beade there has been a —— if there is to be a de facto lockdown beyond that, then he might face a bigger rebellion further down the line, so it could be a rebellion postponed rather than eliminated, but for keir starmer, very strong criticism of the government, suggesting people may have lost their loved ones because the prime minister did not act early enough and decisively enough. a number of interesting

points from mps in the question and a nswer points from mps in the question and answer session which is still continuing. people can watch it on bbc parliament. david davies mentioned vitamin d and said the scottish government is sending this out to people who are shielding. is the british government thinking of the british government thinking of the same? boris johnson the british government thinking of the same? borisjohnson said they would be further information on that. i know david davis has been a strong advocate of this and said some other countries said coronavirus had been linked to vitamin d deficiencies, especially some ethnic groups, and i know he has had meetings with matt hancock, to push him to make vitamin d available across all of england, as at least one weapon in the armoury against the coronavirus. scepticism as well as to whether the vaccines will be just around the corner, and also criticism about the potential cost in other ways of locking down. graham brady, chairman of the 1922

backbench committee of conservative mps, he said he wanted a full impact assessment of the measures, looking at the economic impact and also the potential loss of life because of lockdown rather than simply the lives it would save of covid victims. continued criticism of nhs test and trace and the government has increased the testing capacity but the contact tracing is difficult and boris johnson himself but the contact tracing is difficult and borisjohnson himself said self isolation was something they were still worried about and he was pleading with people to listen to those guidelines of isolating 410—14 days depending on the situation. —— for 10—14 days. jeremy hunt said testing is only happening in about half of hospitals, and he said that is needed for people to go into surgeries and hospitals with confidence. jeremy hunt said he supported the measures but he was asking for weekly testing of nhs staff but he did not get a guarantee from the prime minister. he was

talking about increasing capacity. the substance of the criticisms have not just been the substance of the criticisms have notjust been about the government doing this too late, in the point of view of labour, it is also what are they going to do in the next few weeks, and the shadow health secretaryjonathan weeks, and the shadow health secretary jonathan ashworth has weeks, and the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth has been pushing for them to increase testing. the prime minister says self isolation needs to be emphasised because that has not been followed closely enough, according to some mps. another view was that the test and tray system was a farce. we heard from bernard jenkin who is calling for a change in leadership in test, track and trace which was a call for the resignation of baroness harding, the conservative peer in charge of that system, a call echoed on the labour benches. what did you make of the

demeanour of the prime minister? jeremy hunt said it was obvious the prime minister was reluctant to make these decisions. the more reluctant he looks to impose these measures, the more credible he is with some of his backbenchers. he knows the effect this will have on some of the businesses in their constituencies. there is disquiet in these mps constituencies and they need to know that he will only do something if he needs to. some people have been asking, what is the exit strategy, getting the reproduction rate of the virus down below one so it is not growing exponentially? greg clarke says it is to put the minimum number restrictions that will prevent the nhs from being overwhelmed and boris johnson agreed with that definition but some on his own side believe he should be a lot clearer about how he intends to get out of the lockdown

that he is imposing, and a lot clearer about how the government intends to live alongside coronavirus restrictions and how it will be imposed onto a vaccine becomes available. so a call for greater clarity. also, something which was mentioned to me privately, which was mentioned to me privately, which has bubbled up, not so much about the principle of lockdown but how it is imposed. three mps asked, what is the logic in the scientific basis for effectively banning socially distanced outdoor sport like golf and tennis and the prime minister not quite able to answer that but he did say he would provide the scientific data on which his decisions were based but the more relu cta nt decisions were based but the more reluctant he looks the more credible he is but also people are asking not just for his beliefs, but also for the hard data, the hard facts. many thanks indeed. fascinating session

in the house of commons and we will go back into it shortly. what information coming out on the latest covid data —— more information. 136 deaths recorded on monday, 162 on sunday, and some data on cases. 18,950 cases on monday compared with 23,254 on sunday. always a weekend lag factor. our health correspondent anna collinson is here. we always have a weekend lag, and tuesday comes around and we see a slight increase, usually, but we have seen a drop in the number of covid deaths, just under 19,000, and a further 136 deaths, those are from

the latest figures, but if you compare them to last monday, because we try to avoid comparing one day to another, we get an overall trend of the week, and compared to a week ago they have fallen slightly but hospital admissions have increased. asi hospital admissions have increased. as i have mentioned before, often what happens, where we see the first drop is going to be in the cases if and when that happens, and it takes awhile for the cases to then into hospitalisations, and that is where we are going to initially first to see that but it is far too soon to be seeing that. another significant element from the data, the virus testing capacity and figures show they have reached 519,000 so that means they have passed the half—million mark the government had promised to reach by the end of october. it is important to point out that capacity is the amount of tests that can be processed but that

art necessarily the amount of tests which have been processed —— that aren‘t. so it is the capacity rather than the amount of tests. however, they have reached the mark which will be a relief at the nhs test and trace bars, dido harding, because there were calls for her to be sacked after failures with the system sacked after failures with the syste m — — sacked after failures with the system —— boss. sacked after failures with the system -- boss. the tracing is key? absolutely. you have got to look at where we have come since march, how far testing has grown and how much capacity has grown is extremely impressive, but the real thing that is letting test and trace down is the contact tracing, finding those people quickly and getting them to isolate, it is just not happening at the moment and we have seen that consistently over the weeks with the data that is something that has really —— it‘s really hope during the lockdown, that it can be

improved, because if we don‘t make changes before the exit of the lockdown on the other side, we could be back to where we are now, and another thing which is important about the lockdown with test and trace, currently it is hard for test and trace to follow their contacts, when the numbers get so high it is ha rd to when the numbers get so high it is hard to spot an outbreak, so that is another argument for why we need a lockdown now. why is it so difficult to do the contact tracing at the moment? so many people and far more cases of coronavirus out there. in the summer we would have outbreaks in factories and schools and we could spot them very quickly, and so the test and trace could get in there especially if they had a strong local base like we saw in parts of wales, for example, and if that was in place they could get people to isolate and lock it down quickly, but once it gets to a point where there are loads of cases it is really ha rd to where there are loads of cases it is really hard to work out where they are coming from and therefore to follow who they have come into

contact with. thanks forjoining us. let‘s get reaction from restaura nt—bar owner kingdom thenga — who‘s in chester and is facing closing his doors again to sit—down customers, although he can do takeaways and deliveries. what is your response to hearing the prime minister confirming that there will be a second lockdown? prime minister confirming that there will be a second lockdown7m prime minister confirming that there will be a second lockdown? it is another kick in this year‘s events andi another kick in this year‘s events and i appreciate the virus has not been controlled but i think the co nsta nt been controlled but i think the constant changing without planning is just very devastating. are you going to be able to manage, can you do deliveries? can you keep going? we will continue with our takeaways which worked very well in the first

lockdown, but we are going to u nfortu nately have lockdown, but we are going to unfortunately have to let a few people go because we can‘t afford to keep going without any further support from the government. essential support from the government, the furlough system is fantastic, but we still have to pay bills, and the government needs to be giving more than they are offering at the moment. what would you need in order to save those jobs? well, for starters, we started opening another venue and with that we have got 30 members of staff, and the government needs to tell us clearly whether we can put those people on the furlough scheme or not and if we can‘t we definitely need support to be able to make sure we don‘t make those people redundant,

because as a business, paying 30 members of staff full—time hours over the month that we are locked down is just unrealistic, over the month that we are locked down isjust unrealistic, and over the month that we are locked down is just unrealistic, and the encouragement from the government throughout this if they were going to help businesses to save jobs and give incentives to make sure we don‘t cutjobs and spread the hours, so we have done that, but again they are changing tack. those people have not started working for you at the moment, those dirty jobs? not started working for you at the moment, those dirtyjobs? i'm not sure if they qualify, yes. -- those 30 jobs? yes, i'm not clear whether this means i can apply for the furlough scheme for these staff members or whether i will have to postpone opening as well as postpone implying them which is devastating to tell someone, who has been sacked

for ages trying to find a job, that u nfortu nately for ages trying to find a job, that unfortunately it is another blow —— who has been sat for ages. it is also the mental health we have to think about. at the moment, i was hoping for a lot more from the government, especially considering the advice and the leaks in immediate say we should have done this probably a month or two months ago, and that the frustrating part. you would have preferred the government to lockdown earlier but for a brief time? absolutely, because it still guarantees us to be able to give people jobs, because it still guarantees us to be able to give peoplejobs, it guarantees that all we are doing, right, for two weeks, we can do a bit of training, or have you sitting at home are doing training online, and then when you come back you have still got a job and we can cover the costs of that lockdown. to go on for

bad few weeks with no income coming m, bad few weeks with no income coming in, we might be able to do the takeaway, but that onlyjust pays the rent and it doesn‘t necessarily pay for 60—80 members of staff. understood. very difficult position for you but we wish you well. thanks for you but we wish you well. thanks for joining for you but we wish you well. thanks forjoining us. as you‘ve been hearing, the prime minister has been making a statement in the house of commons about the national lockdown in england. let‘s cross back there live now. the simple fact now is that our hospital admissions in the last four weeks have gone up by over ten fold, so can the prime minister tell us and reassure my constituents that we have to now have these measures simply to protect mike local health services so they are not overrun? —— to protect my.

i congratulate him on the clarity with which he puts the dilemma and evenin with which he puts the dilemma and even in areas where the incidence has been very low, it is now climbing very fast. richard thompson. it was reported at the weekend that the chair of the uk government‘s vaccine task force showed official sensitive government documents to an event for us venture capitalists, a move which a former chairman of the committee described as seriously ill—advised. with jobs being awarded even in the midst of a pandemic, without recruitment processes being open and billions of pounds of public procurement being awarded without going through open processes , awarded without going through open processes, what steps does the prime minister plan to take to restore public confidence in the competence and probity of his government and to help reassure people that there isn‘t a crony virus at the heart of his government which requires eradication every bit as much as the coronavirus outside of it? i've thank people who are working pro

bono on nhs test and trace who come under repeated attacks or on the vaccine task force and it‘s thanks to their hard work that the uk is amongst the front runners in being on the verge of being able to deliver a vaccine. if and when a vaccine is produced next year, and it is by no means certain, but if and when it emerges, it will be at least partly thanks to their hard work. greg williams? right. thank you, mr speaker. can i ask the prime minister to make sure that he works with devolved administrations to get a united approach for christmas? constituents and businesses can ill afford the hokey coqui of england and wales in and then england out and wales in and then england out and wales in and then england out and wales back in. we continue to

work with the devolved administrations and will do so throughout the pandemic. now lancashire and rosie cooper. thank you. could the prime minister indicate what assessment he has made about keeping gyms open during the new lockdown in order to support people‘s health and mental health, in an industry with a low prevalence of transmission attributed to it and having many people almost begging that they be able to exercise in this way? with great regret i must repeat the answer i have given to collea g u es repeat the answer i have given to colleagues across the house earlier on, and that is that we have to put ina on, and that is that we have to put in a package of measures to get the virus down and people wishing to know exactly what they are, i‘ve set them out early on but they should look at our website. i support the prime minister on the difficult decision he had to make but can i

urge him before he signs off on the guidance to care homes to do everything possible to help those families visiting loved ones in care homes and look at things like the idea of a designated family member who would be tested regularly and then able to visit? he is absolutely right. we want to do everything we can to enable loved ones to visit and be visited in care homes and it is an exceptionally difficult dilemma but we do think that repeated testing is the way forward. the prime minister could be confused, and in his answer earlier he said that the furlough scheme is across the uk, and on the 16th of october the welsh first minister asked the chancellor to extend the furlough scheme from 60% to 80% of the chancellor said it could not be done for technical reasons on the

19th of october, what are those technical reasons, or is it more about the fact that when it suits the prime minister it applies to all of the uk and then it doesn‘t when it isn‘t for party political reasons? we are going back into measures across england which are necessary to drive the r down and they differ from measures currently obtaining in scotland but as far as people across the country need the furlough scheme, in wales or elsewhere, they have access to the furlough scheme. it is a uk wide system. doctors are between two and five times more likely to take their lives than the general population. in 2018 my constituent was a

co nsulta nt in 2018 my constituent was a consultant cardiologist at the local hospital and he was at the cutting—edge of medical treatment but could not cope with the pressure that he faced and sadly he took his own life. could the prime minister therefore agree it is vital that we do as much as possible for the welfare of clinicians during what is going to be a very, very challenging time for this profession? i'm deeply sorry to hear about the loss of life, the suicide of his constituent, and all i can say is we are doing everything we can to support nhs care for its star, their well—being and mental health, and i would urge anybody in the nhs who is aware of a colleague who is struggling with their mental health to come forward and seek help. can the prime minister please tell the

house how many people he estimates we re house how many people he estimates were laid off in anticipation of... studio: we are going to come away from the house of commons now. we will catch up with the weather.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the prime minister asks mps to support his plan for a month—long national coronavirus lockdown in england — saying there could be twice as many deaths over the winter as we saw in the first wave — if further action isn‘t taken. that would not only be a disaster for thousands of covid patients because their survival rates would fall. we would also reach a point where the nhs was no longer there for everyone. the labour leader accused the pm of ignoring scientific advice and said measures should‘ve been taken much sooner. this lockdown will be longer than it needed to be, at least four weeks. it will be harder. we've just missed half—term, and the human cost will be higher.