with me are author and journalist rachel shabi, and political commentator and former conservative party presses kenningham. welcome to you both. let us have a quick look through the first editions we have got in. borisjohson being forced into a u—turn on nhs charge for foreign health workers is the headline in the i. it says number ten backed down 2a hours after the pm had defended the surcharge, following pressure from labour and tory backbenchers. they had threatened to vote with the labour party. the new york times assesses president trump's likely response after the us saying it "will react strongly" if china follows through with a proposal for a new security law in hong kong. we will have more on that later on as well. the international edition of the ft also focuses on hong kong saying "china risks reigniting protests by imposing security law". the paper also headlines, "astrazeneca securing orders for 400 million doses of a still unproven vaccine being developed with oxford university." the mail, "could this be the biggest virus hope we've had?" and ponders if the ten million antibody

necessary to protect against a 2nd wave and that as senior government figures and conservative party figures are pressing for an end to the lock down to restart the economy and it's also an important story of course because of the example that it sets to the public this is a public figure now who has encouraged the lock down who's broken it himself by reportedly invited inviting his lover into his home on 2 separate occasions during lockdown professor ferguson says he did so believing he was immune having suffered from the virus several weeks ago he's admitted an error of judgment he regrets undermining the lockdown but i think already a say as plans are becoming clearer about a gradual easing of the lockdown with a lot of pressure to do so i think already there are suggestions that the part of professor ferguson will not necessarily be to the regret of everybody in government and the conservative party all right so prime minister's questions to get on the way in the next hour the 1st since boris johnson returned after suffering is 1st with a new leader of the opposition opposite. yeah i think this will

a great pressure from within the party obviously from the opposition and also it appears from much of the press as well. from the opposition from within the conservative party and also from the public as well if the most recent polls are to be believed it looks like there is a tidal wave of opinion turning against the government and according to one poll only 2 weeks ago the prime minister's approval rating stood at around 25 percent 3 days off to quickly coming to the aid in defense of dominic cummings it's now according to that same poll in negative figures and also a lot of political capital has been expended in defending dominate cummings at a time in which the government really wants to try and inspire some confidence from the public about its measures for easing restrictions but specifically at least 30 conservative m.p.'s are piling on the pressure on the prime minister to either side only coming as all for coming to resign of his own volition we know that m.p.'s from opposition parties are also calling for a full inquiry into exactly what happened when it comes to public opinion there is still very much a feeling that cummings the decision to

your colleague has already said he would support this cross—party motion are you aware of other conservative mps who are currently pressingthe answer is yes, when i put out the press release this morning it got considerable response from the bulk of conservative colleagues. it's the right thing to do. me and my wife will go out on our doorstep to applaud the health service tonight along with millions of people across the country and if we going to do that, we need to put our money where our mouth is. in the long term, we have to look clearly at the mere narration of those working in the health service —— at the remuneration. it is in the short term this is something we can do quickly and in the great scheme of things it will not cost an arm and a leg and i believe we should do it to say thank you to the very many immigrant workers in the health service and care service who are out there saving lives, including the life of the prime minister, and he knows that, and he knows it and appreciates it. these magnanimous andi appreciates it. these magnanimous and i hope you can now be magnanimous. why then do you think when keir

members of the ruling conservative party have called for cummings the prime minister's closest aide to resign or be fired angered by boris johnson's defense of his actions during a press conference on monday. things argued that his two hundred sixty mile car journey was necessary because of child care issues while both he and his wife was suffering from copd symptoms. quizzed about a further drive they took to a scenic castle he said he had wanted to test his i. sites. a poll cononducted after the press conference found 71% of brits believe he broke lockdown rules and 59% think he should resign it does feel. double standards i think probably. heehould at least apopologize whahaan e exce to completely that. is struggling to handlele whatever miles andnd s several samampless is. the government we pledge it so to them seen as john smoke influential strategist i think i'm a reasonable people will understand why he acted as he did i think there are unique circumstances in every case the political scandal may well furtheher dent boris johnson's populari already falling due to his handling of the cocovert crisisis. finally from us afghan authorities have released hundreds of

very negative press, front pages here all covering this story into detail exactly where he went and when, but also very interestingly, we're starting to see members of the conservative partyjohnson's own party starting to break. i've counted four so far who tweeted dominic cummings has to go. >> it's interesting that the chief scientific adviser did something similar and did not survive this. what's the public reaction? they've been told to abide by rules that the pm's adviser didn't. >> exactly. not along ago, a scientific adviser resigned after it was revealed he visited a girlfriend while on lockdown and that was just within the same city. and we are seeing criticism not only as we noted from other politicians, but from members of the public saying, hey, i got sick, i have young children, but i didn't drive to get closer to family. i didn't have family come to me because that's how we understood the government advice to be. and there's debate whether the advice is changing and whether this perception issue for the government, that the perception is that while everybody was being told one thing or interpreting the advice in one way, a senior adviser was interpreting it

conservative party leader lord michael howard. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i am sure you probably watch the pressation yesterday. dominic cummings answered questions for more than an hour. it was a pretty rigorous cross—examination and i think it was a reasonable explanation. do you think it is a reasonable thing to do, to get in your car and do a 60 mile round trip to check whether you can see properly? if you want to make sure that you're going to be able to drive down to london safely, it seems to me reasonable to test that. but everybody will make their ownjudgment on that. but everybody will make their own judgment on that. at the same time the government was asking people to stay—at—home. the message was clear, but he didn't appear to be doing that. the message was clear, but there is also a clear provision in the guidelines that you can leave home, to take care of a vulnerable person, and the reason they left home and went to durham was to provide care for their vulnerable four—year—old child. so, as far as vulnerable four—year—old child. so, as farasi vulnerable four—year—old child. so, a

parties will meet today, and are pressing for an enquiry into dominic cummings‘ actions. many of the papers are less ready to move on than government ministers, and some conservative mps areuents have been soothed or riled by dominic cummings before deciding whether to renew calls for him to go. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent nick eardley is at downing street. nick, fill us in on this resignation bya nick, fill us in on this resignation by a junior minister. the government we re by a junior minister. the government were hoping that mr cummings explaining his situation yesterday would put this to bed and that he was acting in the interests of his family. quite the opposite seems to have happened this morning. douglas rossis have happened this morning. douglas ross is a junior minister at the scotla nd ross is a junior minister at the scotland office and he has looked at mrcummings' scotland office and he has looked at mr cummings' explanation yesterday and decided it just mr cummings' explanation yesterday and decided itjust isn't good enough. and he can't tell his constituents that they were wrong to miss family funerals, or not go and visit sick loved

parties will meet today and are pressing for an enquiry into dominic cummings's actions. many of the papers are less ready to move on that government ministers, with some conservative mps waiting angry constituents —— constituents have been soothed oi’ constituents have been soothed or riled by dominic cummings to see if they should renew calls for him to go. iain watson, bbc news. countries across europe are continuing to ease lockdown restrictions, as infection rates on the continent continue to fall. the massive economic impact of the virus is putting pressure on governments to allow businesses and shops to reopen, as rich preston reports. spain once had some of your‘s toughest lockdown measures. now the bars and restaurants of barcelona are serving customers once again. here, as well as in the capital madrid, people can now meet in groups of up to ten. transmack i now meet in groups of up to ten. transmackl am now meet in groups of up to ten. transmack i am so now meet in groups of up to ten. transmackl am so moved. i am shaking from feeling so happy am shaking from feeling so ha p py after am shaking from feeling so happy after staying home for such a long time. this is p

parties will meet today, and are pressing for an enquiry into dominic cummings‘ actions. many of the papers are less ready to move on than government ministers, and some conservative mps areonstituents have been soothed or riled by dominic cummings before deciding whether to renew calls for him to go. iain watson, bbc news. our political correspondent nick eardley is at downing street. is dominic cummings keeping hisjob, then? it looks like it at the moment, victoria. ithink then? it looks like it at the moment, victoria. i think some of the anger you saw in the conservative party over the weekend and into yesterday has been calmed a little. some of those mps who were not coming out publicly but were really worried about the number of e—mails they were getting from angry constituents, who thought that this was rank hypocrisy, they seem to have been slightly soothed by mr cummings' appearance yesterday. certainly, the hope in there, is that this story starts to move on and that boris johnson that this story starts to move on and that borisjohnson and his ministers can start talking about other issues, but i suppose the one thing that we still need to watch out for is, does

conservative party has joined a growing number of tory mps in criticising the behaviour of the government adviser dominic cummings during lockdown. we‘ll no doubt hear more about that in the downing street pressc believe you? dominic cummings leaving home this morning, flanked by two police officers. i think what i did was actually reasonable in the... in the circumstances. downing street is hoping yesterday‘s extraordinary press conference, his account of why he drove his family 250 miles during lockdown to isolate, would be enough to move this story on. people will make their own mind up, and as dominic himself said, there will be many people who think his actions were wrong or mistaken, but looking at it in the round, i think his actions were reasonable. but this has been a messy few days for number ten. it has done damage to borisjohnson, and some fear it has harmed public health messaging, too, at a time when the government needs people to follow advice. douglas ross has resigned as a junior minister, one of a number of unhappy scottish conservatives. in a letter to boris johnson, mr ross said his constituents had missed funerals to follow lockdown rules, adding that, "i cannot in good f