joining me now is claudia webbe, the labour mp for leicester east.. thank you very much for being with us. do you think there needs to be a lockdown in leicester? all the evidence seems to be suggesting that there is a particular problem. we have seen ten days ago now as part of the government daily briefing, the announcement that leicester had a particular problem. that was done without notice or information provided to the local authorities, and ever since, there has been that announcement, there has been an intensity of support in terms of trying to get to where the problem is and how to address and contain the problem. so, like many leicester residents, i am absolutely concerned about the increase in coronavirus cases in the city, and particularly concerned about the reality of the location of that increase happening in my own constituency of leicester east. we've had four test centres 110w east. we've had four test centres now concentrated in and around the constituency. even sits matt hancock made that announcement without warning and notice, t

labour's claudia webbe said the area has what she called "a perfect storm" of poverty, ethnic diversityases. the department of health says it is supporting the local authority and has deployed four mobile testing sites. the mayor of leicester, peter soulsby, said more data was needed on how the outbreak was developing in the city. i spoke to the health secretary, what, ten days ago now, and have subsequently had a number of discussions with the chief medical officer and others and have consistently said to them that we need the data. we, and you, need to know what is happening on the ground in leicester and it's not helpful, really, just to talk about outbreaks or to suggest that there needs to be a citywide lockdown. we need to know what the real situation is on the ground here in our city and only then, together with the government, can we decide what intervention is needed. two illegal street parties have been broken up by police during another night of unlawful gatherings in london. dispersal zones were put in place in clapham common and tooting bec common to clear crowds causing "s

labour's claudia webbe said the area has what she called "a perfect storm" of poverty, ethnic diversitynt of health says it is supporting the local authority and has deployed four mobile testing sites. home secretary priti patel was asked about the situation on the bbc andrew marr show. well, that is correct, and we have seen, we've seen flare—ups across the country already over recent weeks, and just in the last three or four weeks in particular, there was the example of a flare—up in one ticket hospital over infection control. of course, that is why we have a new mechanism, a joint biosecurity centre, which is very much geared up, it has been developed to address local flare—ups. developed to address local flare-ups. but there is going to be a leicester lock down? so, there will be support going into leicester. over the weekend we have been explaining some of the measures, the support on testing, resources that will go into the local authority as well because with local authority as well because with local flare—ups it is local authority as well because with localflare—ups it is right

labour's claudia webbe said the area has what she called "a perfect storm" of poverty, ethnic diversityd—i9 cases to justify bringing back the original lockdown rules. the department of health said it is supporting the local authority and has deployed four mobile testing sites. lockdown restrictions have been reintroduced in some us states following a surge in coronavirus infections. florida and texas are among the states that have ordered some businesses, including bars, to shut down again. tanya dendrinos reports. another day, another record. more than 9,500 new coronavirus cases in 2a hours in florida — 600 more than the record set on friday. republican states like florida and texas had been keen to push ahead with a reopening of their economies early, but with a surge in cases, some of those decisions have been reversed. last drinks were called in florida — a bitter pill to swallow for those who feel they did all the right things. we did everything. we — our staff were wearing masks, we had sanitising stations, we did weekly tests, we limited occupancy. we did everything that was as

can i ask, we will speak to a virologist in a moment so briefly, claudia webbe, people in leicester havethat safety net. and when you think about people whose immigration status, for example, they have no recourse to public funds, they have nothing to fall back on and they need to go to work in order to survive, essentially. that is what they are saying because they are not able to rely on universal credit. and the government really needs to remove the no recourse to public funds. many in the hospitality sector, medium—size businesses, that have not been able to be assisted through this and many people are self—employed who have not equally been able to be supported so many people have not been supported by the government in terms of resources , the government in terms of resources, in terms of being able to survive and protect their livelihoods. and of course when we talk about the need for saving lives, we must also talk about the need for saving livelihoods too and the government needs to balance the protective factors in terms of saving lives with disability, to save livelihoods in o