as for labour saying and the lib dem saying they have joined saying and the lib dem saying they havejoineddem saying they havejoined up approach, they saying and the lib dem saying they have joined up approach, they are not backing a national lockdown in wales yet, where they are both in government together. i find wales yet, where they are both in government together. ifind it astonishing that they are saying one thing in one part of the country, and one in another. the shadow health secretary said something at three o‘clock in the afternoon and then the leader of the opposition said something else at five o‘clock. you cannot chop and change on this, it is political opportunism. we need to get behind the prime minister, get behind the government and work together to bring this down and stop playing politics with what is not only a national issue, but an international, global pandemic that is killing people across the globe. richard holden, thank you very much. alison mcgovern and mineiro wilson, thank you all forjoining us this afternoon. i think you can tell, we got a bit of a flavour of

let's speak to councillor shaffaq mohammed, who leads the lib dems on sheffield city council. on a bbc news, thanks forjoining us. i want to ask you first, do you think tier macro three is the right place for sheffield? i mean, sheffield has been very difficult place for the last two weeks in terms of our infection rates. clearly, something had to be done. i'm not really convinced by these tiers, to be honest with you and what is the difference between tier 2 and three? how do move from tier 2 to three? no one has yet explained that me and i think we do need some action in sheffield which is why i plea to save lives and actually bring that certainty to people, because this has been hanging over us the last ten days, whether we were going to go from tier 2 to tier 3. you mention the uncertainty, how confident are you that people not only understand the rules and restrictions, but also will comply with them? at the moment, it seems that there is a lot of confusion about what the actual legislation is and what is being said. i know earlier this week the leader of the council here

earlier i spoke to councillor shaffaq mohammed, who leads the lib dems on sheffield city council — andr england's top tier of restrictions. he said he wanted clarity for the city's residents. look, i think sheffield's been in a very difficult place for the last two weeks in terms of high infection rates. clearly something had to be done. i'm not really convinced by these tiers, if i'm going to be honest with you. what is the difference between tier 2 and tier 3? how on earth do you move from tier 2 to tier 3? no one has yet to explain that to me, but i think what we do need is some action in sheffield, and therefore that's why i'm keen to save lives and actually bring that certainty to people, because this has been hanging over us for the last ten days, whether we're going to go from tier 2 to tier 3. you mentioned the uncertainty. how confident are you that people not only understand the rules and restrictions but also will comply with them 7 well, at the moment, it seems that there's a lot of confusion about what the actual legislation is, so what's been said, so i know earlier this

a lib dem urged the prime minister to follow other uk nations.for wales, kirsty williams, guaranteed the free school meal provision during school holidays would continue until at least easter 2021, and yesterday the scottish government committed to do the same. so, mrspeaker, can the prime minister confirm that he is indeed aware of these announcements? and if so, when does he plan to do the right thing? governments of all stripes have applied free school meals since 1906, and i'm proud that it was this conservative government that extended universal free school meals to five, six and seven—year—olds. the party opposite were in power for 30 of the last 100 years and never did anything like that, mr speaker. and we will continue, mr speaker, to use the benefit system and all the systems of income support to support young people, to support children throughout the holidays as well. borisjohnson. immediately after pmqs, a health minister updated mps on plans for the latest region to go into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. south yorkshire will face

we can speak to the lib dem leader sir ed davey.ill work. where do you stand? i share that scepticism. many will be confused at the prime minister? statement today, and some will be angry. last march, the prime minister said, if you obey these rules, it will buy us time to sort things out. but the government has been pretty incompetent, with failures of a test, trace and isolate. and they failed to communicate, which is so important ina public communicate, which is so important in a public health crisis. and we are back here. people have made huge sacrifices in recent months and it looks like all those sacrifices have been squandered and we are back here with a government frankly not getting a grip of it. isn't it clear from what the chief medical officer said that everyone has a duty to support what the government is doing now because of the high numbers of people per 100,000 not only in liverpool, but around the country. that is the scientific advice, which you subscribe to? we do, we really wa nt you subscribe to? we do, we reall

can travel safely, how will students get back from university to homes and we have heard from the lib demsir ed davey. we don't see borisjohnson's government reaching out across the english regions and the four nations of the united kingdom to plan for christmas. he really needs to do that and if we did that in a way which is cracking down on this virus properly, because it is increasingly clear they have lost control. the second wave is here, the death rate is rising. they have not listened to the expert advice. if they can do that now and do that across the four nations, then there is still a chance that we can get this pandemic much better under control, get that r rate down so christmas can be as near—normal as possible. any signs of the government responding to that call? what i am hearing from the government is that it is too early. maybe in usual times people would be planning what they are going to do for christmas, maybe even doing some christmas shopping by this stage but i think government sources have indicated it is too early they think. boris johnson has said it is his ambiti

the scottish lib dems leader said people are getting scammed by —— restricted by this.dence published to show that reasons behind their latest restrictions. it is clear why there are new restrictions required thanks to today's data. thank you. we will be back with you later. professorjames chalmers is professor of respiratory research at the university of dundee, and a consultant at ninewells hospital. thank you for your time this afternoon. given the numbers in scotland, is there, from your medical perspective, any alternative to greater restrictions?” medical perspective, any alternative to greater restrictions? i don't think so. you heard the numbers today have crossed 1000. we are into the exponential phase of the epidemic whether numbers will go up markedly unless the government takes action to slow the spite of the epidemic. that means introducing restrictions so that the r rate comes down. i expect to hear significant new measures today. no one is talking about a full lockdown, by which i mean, there is no suggestion as of yet that children would stop going to sc

it is a warning the lib dems have made, people will inevitably want to travel and if restrictions areannel this morning, after a migrant boat sank off the coast of dunkirk yesterday. two children aged five and eight died, along with two adults. more than a dozen others were taken to hospital, but french authorities believe more could still be missing. our correspondent simonjones is in dover this morning. we know they will continue the investigation into what happened today? yes, they need to know why this boat capsized, killing at least four people. here in dover it is very windy today in the channel again this morning and it was in those type of conditions that this boat set out from northern france yesterday morning with around 20 people on board. a short distance into the journey across the channel, it was spotted sinking by a passing boat. that boat radioed in for help and that prompted a huge search in response involving helicopters and boats from belgium and france. 15 people were taken to hospital but four lives could not be saved and there is a theory that potentially other p

the former children's tv presenter and lib—dem peer, baroness floella benjamin, was one of the windrushid. we found ourselves in a land of vast underground trains and moving staircases. but london did not feel very welcoming. and people were not very kind. we all lived in one room, so we missed our lovely, big house in trinidad. but we were a family again. our new home might not be what we had expected, but we would work hard and life would be better. professor david olusoga joins us now from bristol. the first thing that strikes me, it is quite a responsibility to tell that tale, written by flavell benjamin, children's presenter herself, but a privilege to tell her story in a way a lot of children with grasp, understand and hopefully enjoy. it was a real privilege, i grew up watching her on television so to read her story was a wonderful experience. i don't think we understand the story of the windrush generation enough, i don't think the story and the scandal would have happened if people understood the back story of london's caribbean community. one of the things, as you say, barones

, labourwould have beenin in birmingham, labourwould have been in liverpool, i don‘t know weather lib deming in jonathan ba rtley, the do things remotely. let‘s bring in jonathan bartley, the coleader of the green party. good morning to you. there you are on your sofa in south london. where would you have been, jonathan? where was the conference due to be?” been, jonathan? where was the conference due to be? i think we we re conference due to be? i think we were always really thinking that it was going to be a virtual conference for us, that is why we have got the long nine—day affair, is that we thought we needed to take an assessment of the situation and the safest thing to do was to have it virtually, to get online voting for the first time, all our policies set by our membership so we had to work out ways of getting everybody to vote at the same time from all different places in the country. it has been a task to put it all together. that does sound like a complex logistical endeavour. so, jonathan, talk us through what kind of headline idea is for you guys in your conference? i guess

he was asked if there was going to be an inquiry by the leader of the lib dems and mrjohnson said yes still want? yes, as a group, we think we could have avoided a further lockdown and further restrictions if he had learned lessons from the first lockdown. listening to the families of those people most closely affected i think would have helped him get a better understanding of that. on a personal level, on a sort of humane level, to say he is going to meet the group and then do a u—turn isjust not acceptable. particularly when the reason was not a valid reason. if you say something, prime minister, please follow through and do it, thatis please follow through and do it, that is my message. thank you very much, helen, thank you for talking to us. if you live in liverpool, from tomorrow new rules. no mixing of households indoors or a garden or beer garden. pubs and bars will have to close unless they are serving food or operating as a restaurant. and avoid travelling outside your area except for work or school or for care or a medical reason. our correspondent dan johnson spoke to two

sir ed davey, the lib dems leader calling for further action and approving the action to move londonis interesting there, if you add london to the areas already under restrictions, looking at those under enhanced restrictions, ifi restrictions, looking at those under enhanced restrictions, if i can put it that way, around a third of the population are now under those increased restrictions. although borisjohnson is increased restrictions. although boris johnson is opposing increased restrictions. although borisjohnson is opposing a national lockdown, bit by bit in response to the virus, more and more local authority areas are having greater instructions getting imposed on them or asking for those restrictions to be imposed. iain watson, thank you very much for the latest from westminster. we have the latest test and trace figures for england that 889,874 new people tested positive for covid—19 england ending the week of october the 7th. an increase of 64% in positive cases and the highest number since test and trace was launched since the end of may. and as a consequence of those fig