and we are reconnecting to claer as well.antime, plenty more questions i can give people a sense of. i might re—want to or those just to give people a sense of what people are asking while we try to reestablish those lines. we will move forward a little bit while we establish those lines. 115 people have died in the uk in the past 2a hours — bringing the death toll to 578. it comes as hospitals in london are having to deal with a tsunami of patients and critical care beds at some sites in the capital could be full by the end of the week — that's the warning from the chief of nhs providers. he said the nhs is also having to deal with unprecedented levels of staff sickness. some intensive care units are already full. patients will be transferred from next week to london's new temporary hospital — a vast conference centre in east london — that will have room for up to 4000 people. here's our health editor, hugh pym. the army comes to the aid of the nhs, helping shift urgently needed supplies of protective equipment like gloves a

so here to answer your questions is claer barrett, the personal finance editor at the financial timesnd saving money. thanks both of you for coming in this evening. just one to start with on tax from tom matthews. will my tax threshold rise with this budget? there are very few tax trades in this budget. normally we are very busy working out the nitty—gritty, so we are busy working out the nitty—gritty, so we are basically told the person allowa nce so we are basically told the person allowance before you pay tax stays the same. 12 a half thousand pounds. the only change is not really a big change. the threshold that pays national insurance payments will increase to nine and a half thousand. that means you get to keep a little bit more of your take—home pay at, and the government said today the average worker will be better off £100 per year. not loads and loads of money, but it will bell if it -- and loads of money, but it will bell if it —— benefit the wealthy workers more. where is the poorest 10% of workers will only see a £30 of increase. not very much. other than the big increase

. >>> los angeles county is the latest area in the state to claer a local health emergency.ounty has seven coronavirus cases so far. six of them in just the past two days. a medical contract worker at lax who was screening people at the airport is among the new infections. >> with 53 tested cases positive, this is no longer isolated. this is broadly shared as a burden and responsibility up and down the state. >> governor newsom and state attorney general javier be cerra are taking action. newsom says the state is also expanding capacity to test people for the virus and requiring government sponsored health plans to cover the expense. >>> time is 6:34. happening today we expect to hear more from anne kirkpatrick oakland's former police chief. it's been two weeks since she was fired by the oakland police commission. cristina rendon has more details on this. >> good morning. anne kirkpatrick is going to be joined by another former oakland police chief, howard jordan for a news conference. oakland city council noel guile will be there as well. he's planning to head to washington