andy burnham, you are the mayor of greater manchester.t as well. we hope it will not be needed. but it whip may well be needed. but it whip may well be needed. that is why it is absolutely right to put this facility in place. iam hearing right to put this facility in place. i am hearing this weekend of the nhs is coping what is under severe strain. iam is coping what is under severe strain. i am still here distress signals coming out of the nhs around lack of masks, gloves and protective equipment. i think we need to do more on that front to protect people. but if we are honest now, the nhs is about to hit the hardest pa rt the nhs is about to hit the hardest part of this. that is why the message has to be heard this weekend. people must stay at home. we uploaded those wonderful nhs workers on thursday night. well, let's do more than just upload them, let's do more than just upload them, let's listen to them. one of the questions being asked at the moment is about intensive care beds. the emphasis to a degree has been on london. we know t

i think there burnham are of i mean i think everyone has has been taken aback at the acceleration 'd in initially and the death toll but similar situations are emerging in countries like spain france the u.k. many others around europe and what we're seeing is health systems and public health systems under extreme strain but we're also seeing huge really courageous workers our heroes people in the front like saving lives every day helping their communities and we want to shout out and call out to our colleagues in the front line. i've been in that situation it is tiring it is stressful it is frightening but it is a job these people do with great honor europe got a little caught behind the curve i think everybody around the world was assuming this will be easier to deal with than it was they made some assumptions around this disease being like influenza which it's not. and many countries have had to play a good degree of catch up but again i think the italian government are demonstrating that they're demonstrating great leadership they're fighting hard. and they're saving lives but the

andy burnham, thank you very much.upply chain "hasn't been able to manage" the delivery of ppe to front line staff. nhs staff feel they are "at risk" of contracting coronavirus unless they wear protective equipment for consultations with all patients, according to the nhs confederation. let's speak now to our news correspondent faye kirkland, who's also a doctor, and joins us from cumbria. i'm sure you have friends and collea g u es i'm sure you have friends and colleagues on the front line. what have people been telling you in the last few days and weeks? there is increasing disquiet from the people i have been speaking to, from doctors and other health care workers because the advice at the moment is that if you are working in the uk, you should wear ppe, aprons and masks, if patients have suspected symptoms of coronavirus or have had it diagnosed. two gps that i have spoken to say they have symptoms of the virus and they believe that they contracted it at work after seeing patients in their surgeries. most patients

hospital india is under lockdown with people ordered to remain indoors until april the 15th elizabeth burnham has more now from new delhi we've still got buses taking people out of the mosque something like a 1000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours at least 24 have tested positive more than 400 have been showing symptoms and taken to hospital more than 800 have been put in quarantine and we know that 6 people who attended this religious gathering 6 indonesians because they were people from all over india and other countries 6 indonesians who traveled after the gathering was finished from delhi to the southern state of telangana have since passed away and so too has muslim cleric in srinagar in indian administered kashmir so this has very much lead to states around the country on a manhunt something like 6 regions have cases with direct links to the congregation half of the cases in the state of telling ghana are linked to what happened and so this is very much now being treated. as a hotspot to try and find others in the country that could be victims you know people who attende

nice to be as part of its new imagine some measures to contain the spread of the virus and its best burnham in new delhi has more. as of 12 g.m.t. on friday and on to april the 15th no foreign nationals can enter india apart from their diplomats work for the united nations or have certain employment visas the indian government has also said that all incoming travelers including incoming travelers indians haven't been to any destination coming from any destination but having been rather to china it's in the iran south korea france germany and spain will be quarantined for a minimum of 14 days and all indians whether they here or abroad to avoid known essential travel and saying that they might be quarantined for a minimum period of 14 days upon their return to india now india has $68.00 confirmed cases so far 14 of them italian tourist it's already seeing an impact on the economy which has seen a significant is experiencing a massive slowdown and both of india's 2 main stock indices are in freefall but the government feels that it has to take these precautions to stop people from stop people

burnham from greater manchester making the point last nightlj burnham from greater manchester makingnight. i say close them unless they are absolutely essential work like hospitals. this decision about allowing non—essential work appears to be taken for economic reasons but, actually, when you are in the middle of a global pandemic, health reasons alone should guiding all decision—making. reasons alone should guiding all decision-making. the government is clearly trying to balance the need to keep the economy going in the background while also trying to impose these measures to stop the spread of the disease but i think they are coming under a load of rationales to offer greater clarity on who exactly should be going in and out of work. and we will be speaking later to robert generate the secretary of state for housing community and local government at 730 here on first. i know there are so 730 here on first. i know there are so many questions you want answered please start sending them in and we will try to put some of them to him later on. some prisoners could be released early to

join elizabeth burnham he joins us live now from new delhi and how close are we to this package being released and will it help those most in need. i think that was a much anticipated announcement from finance minister and then see that aman because the situation that so many hundreds of millions of indians find themselves and now she was asked that how close is this when is this happening and she said it was immediate that it would come into effect on the 1st of april that the government was spending $23000000000.00 to help people with the cash and with the food handouts that she spoke about she said 800000000 people will benefit 2 thirds of the country announcing different measures different plans for people like farmers for the elderly for women and also for the disabled 200000000 people she said will get cash handouts 83000000 will get free cooking gas for 3 months as and as you mentioned health care workers she said all frontline work is that everyone in health care and sanitation will get $66000.00 worth of medical insurance because they are putting themselves at risk now while

i follow james burnham, the trotzky of the early conservative movement of the 1940s who wrote the book with the managerial revolution. he argued that the independent owner-operator who was the capitalist but also ran his own business had been superseded already by the 1920s in the u.s. and europe by corporate managers. but he also included in the managerial class government officials, career civil servants, academics. and in a passage in 1940, he said the career military. of the uniformed military which would become more and more important over time as one of the most organized. so long before the deep state, right? at which he was kind of part of, because he worked for the cia a lot in the ensuing decade. so i have a broader definition of it than a lot of people do. but again, it's, i think if you contrast it with the working class, the working class is changing its nature because of the changing composition of jobs. participant of it through -- parts of it through manufacturing, outsourcing but also through ordinary productivity growth. manufacturing has she would a lot of jobs -- sh

we will be speaking to andy burnham about that story later.s. more migrants approached the border this morning, but the greek government has said it will do whatever it takes to protect its frontier. turkey is hosting nearly four million syrian refugees, as well as migrants from other countries such as afghanistan, but had previously stopped them from leaving for europe under a deal with the eu. data from the met office has confirmed that the uk has just endured the wettest february since records began. an average of 202 millimetres of rain — that's nearly eight inches — fell last month. that beats the previous record of 193 millimetres, set in february 1990. more than 90 flood warnings remain in place in england, with ten in wales and one in scotland. the resignation of the most senior civil servant in the home office, sir philip rutnam, has been called both extraordinary and unprecedented. he quit yesterday after a week of simmering tension between himself and the home secretary, priti patel, boiled over. 0ne one of my duties as permanent se

andy burnham, mayor of manchester similarly unhappy.ecretary robert jenrick this morning, it seems the government are sticking by their existing position. a number of employers have concluded that they can't follow the public health england guidance, and are choosing to close down their sites. in some cases, they are doing so over a short period of time, so those sites remain safe, and that is the right thing to do. but if you or your employer believe that you can continue to operate safely, within those guidelines, then it is sensible for you to do so. i think it is worth remembering that there are some functions within the housing and construction industry that are absolutely essential to all of us. keeping building safe, ensuring essential maintenance is done to people's homes and workplaces. a couple of other interesting things this morning, one, huge rise in the number of people claiming universal credit, presumably because of losing theirjobs and businesses closing down. shutting nearly half a million people claiming universal cre

as you said, sadiq khan and andy burnham have said, for goodness' sake, the pressure this is puttingities secretary, robertjenrick. a number of employers have concluded that they can't follow the public health england guidance, and are choosing to close down their sites. in some cases, they are doing so over a short period of time, so those sites remain safe, and that is the right thing to do. but if you or your employer believe that you can continue to operate safely, within those guidelines, then it is sensible for you to do so. i think it is worth remembering that there are some functions within the housing and construction industry that are absolutely essential to all of us. keeping building safe, ensuring essential maintenance is done to people's homes and workplaces. in terms of the number of tests being carried out, jeremy hunt has said we are no further forward now than we were last week? this is the sharp end of tackling coronavirus. we can have arguments about who is going on going to wear, and who isn't, what shops are open or not, but the sharp end of tackling the virus c

in terms of business, andy burnham in greater manchester was talking about some businesses that perhapsercise social distancing. a positive aspect of this is the incredible amount of work that is done with new technology. i've seen some new examples of businesses enabling that to happen. andy, thank you for talking to us this morning. andy, thank you for talking to us this morning. more than 750 volunteers have stepped up to be first aiders at the nightingale hospital in london. one of them is alex davies, from the stjohn ambulance. we can speak to him now from the excel centre. i have very good morning to you. you work in it by trade. why did you decide to drop everything to join this effort? many people in the st john's ambulance have the skills to help. we had discussions with our manager and ended up helping here. 750 people across the country have been released from work for four weeks and will be helping at events like this around the country. you are stepping into the unknown. are you feeling about the weeks ahead? the main feeling is pride. we are proud to be able to support the