we can speak now to the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth.u make of what he talked about in terms of the lockdown and the inability at the lockdown and the inability at the moment to ease the restrictions? we understand why the lockdown how to continue, because it's so, so important that we delay the spread of this virus. it's about saving lives and protecting the nhs, making sure the nhs has the capacity they are to treat people if they get the virus. so if the government decides next week that it has to continue with the lockdown, and that is based on clear medical advice, then of course, we will support it. but i do think the british public who are showing tremendous resolve in following the guidelines who are at this weekend will have to make sacrifices, i think the british public need that clarity and transparency from government about what the next steps are in the strategy and about what the future looks like. many fear we could be an aversion of a lockdown for some time to come, so we need some further clarity on government —— from go

ministers need to answer and the shadow health secretaryjonathan as hworth shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworthw that serious mistakes have been made, we know that our front line nhs staff don't have the ppe that they have been told this weekend that they won't necessarily have gowns which are vital to keep them safe, we know our testing capacity is not at the level which is needed, we know that the ventilators hospitals have received are the wrong types of ventilators. and there are big questions about as to whether we went into this lockdown too slowly. and now we hear the prime minister missed five meetings at the start of this outbreak, i mean, it suggests early on he was missing in action. so we do need to understand what was going on. interesting that jonathan as hworth on. interesting that jonathan ashworth has been quite dark in his criticism of the prime minister and the government so far, he's taken labour in general, a sort of constructive critical approach, but going for the prime minister a bit there in response to that standard time support, and we should stay, the fact the prime

in the last few minutes, the shadow health secretaryjonathan ashworth told breakfast that testing must levels that we need. it was actually on the 11th of march that boris johnson it was actually on the 11th of march that borisjohnson said we would be doing 10,000 tests a day, 70,000 a week. we are not even there yet, while germany is doing week. we are not even there yet, while germany is doing 500,000 week. we are not even there yet, while germany is doing 500,000 a week. we will be putting those points to the government housing minister who will be with us at 7:30am. the housing and communities secretary, robertjenrick, willjoin us at half past seven. if you have any questions you want to put specifically to him on behalf of the government, get in touch. you can send them to our e—mail or social media. more than 16,000 people may be needed to run the new nhs nightingale hospital currently being installed at the excel centre in london, according to its chief operating officer. the 80—ward facility was created in fewer than ten days and should be able to take its first patients by the