here is the steer, if you like, policing minister kit malthouse gave earlier.y and trim the sails of the ship as we go andl trim the sails of the ship as we go and i think that is what we will see this afternoon. there are lots of areas where, you know, people are filling mps' inboxes with e—mails of distress and concern, that is all being fed in and so hopefully this afternoon, we will see the chancellor, as i say, tack a little bit, trim the sails to make sure we are getting the right balance in terms of the support we are offering across the economy. when rishi sunak announced at the job support scheme only a few weeks ago, how times have changed since then, because at that point, the cases of the virus were going down, obviously the opposite direction now, but, at that time, he stood alongside outside number 11 ahead of the cbi and the head of the very visibly supporting what he was doing. has he got the same level of support this time? as you say, this winter economic plan rishi sunak set out was just over a month ago and it did have the backing of busines

the treasury tight—lipped about this but here is kit malthouse, the policing minister, and what he hady, really, to try and trim the sails of the ship as we go and i think that is what we will see this afternoon. there are lots of areas where, you know, people are filling mps' inboxes with e—mails of distress and concern, that is all being fed in and so hopefully this afternoon, we will see the chancellor, as i say, tack a little bit, trim the sails to make sure we are getting the right balance in terms of the support we are offering across the economy. now, of course, the chancellor did only set out his winter economic plan for dealing with coronavirus a month ago, at the end of september, and at the idea, it was based on the idea that infection rates would fall and there would be time for the economy to recover. that isn't the situation we are in and he has made a couple of changes since then so i think there will be pressure on the government to say that, while downing street has said all along it intends to adapt as the circumstances change with coronavirus, i think there is going

here is what the policing minister kit malthouse had to say. out for is what is the scale of the support that is offered and i'm so sure labour will be looking for quite a large uplift bear, and, also, we've heard a lot about the chancellor being agile in his approach to this and downing street has said as circumstances change, they have to be able to adapt but they have to be able to adapt but the chancellor has been in the common several times tweaking his plans that were only announced last month, so it is a tricky balance between being agile and adapting that looking like it has a strategy. helen, thank you very much. a six—week lockdown has begun in the republic of ireland. people are banned from socialising in each other's homes and pubs, restaurants and bars have closed. schools and childcare facilities remain open. the uk and european union will resume talks today to try to agree on a post—brexit trade deal. discussions stalled last week, with downing street saying the negotiations were over. yesterday, the eu's chief negotiator, michel