let's speak now to the shadow business minister lucy powell.get to have you with us. can we start with the insurance scheme for the nhs and other front line workers and how effective do you think that's going to be. it's a welcome gesture from the government and my husband is in any doctor and i think i note that it will give them that recognition to families but of course, no amount of money can replace a loved one and it really is that recognition that the government wants to give to those families. but i think but we need to make sure of is well, and recognising that is that we are co nsta ntly recognising that is that we are constantly at the front of the cutting edge of keeping health care and care workers safe at work and we have to keep that at the front of our minds as well because one death is the death to many, let alone the dozens that we have seen so far. bells one of today's announcements andi bells one of today's announcements and i want to put that to you straightaway because clearly it affects a lot of people sadly, we've lost p

i'm joined now by shadow business minister, mp lucy powell from her constituency in manchester. which is meant to support companies especially small firms, what does your sense of the scale and the reach of that, and which bits of it would you command, and are you concerned about the parts of it? thanks forjoining me for having me on today. the government ambition in this game is the right one. they have set aside a huge amount of money by £330 billion in potential small and medium size for businesses. still got me there. yes we are still with you. what we have only seen at the moment is a tiny fraction going to the small businesses. the chancellor said today that 12,000 have been made and it will probably be about £2 billion of that 330 billion. we are still a long way short of what is actually required here and what the government has set aside. i think one of the reasons why the loan scheme is falling so short is because the government is not backing those loans. at least not by 100%, it's by 80%. commercial terms salty to be applied to those lines, so the chancellor said the

lucy powell. thank you. with symptoms are being swabbed, leaving many... covid—19 being disparaged into the community. at the same time only health care workers with current symptoms are being tested. should the priority to beta test all patients and all health and workers whether symptomatic or not, given that after one month of loughton, hospitals and ca re one month of loughton, hospitals and care homes are likely to be the major transmission hotspots? mr speaker, we are testing all those who leave hospital to go to a care home setting. to make sure that we control the spread of the disease and spread stop it moving from that route is much as possible. but on the broader point is absolutely things we're looking at, she makes good points. the secretary of state is making sure all patients being discharged from hospital to care homes are being tested but there remains concerns in the care home sector that normal procedures to make sure patients coming to them or new residents are appropriate for the care se

. >> we are now going over to lucy powell. >> thank you, mister speaker. like some and hundreds more in manchester, nearly three quarters don't qualify for grants in the hospitality and retail sector are the lifeblood of our sector, the longest enforced closure. will he extend cash grants and come up with a rescue package for hopes, restaurants, shops and venues from disappearing altogether? >> first secretary. >> i think the honorable lady and agree about the challenge we've got across all sectors she mentioned in making sure we see them through this difficult period and make sure the country, the economy, small businesses and sectors she mentioned can bounce back. the chancellor introduced a range of measures in relation to finance grants where they are capable of being made and other tax deferrals to enable small business and any particular businesses take them away and make sure the chancellor can assess if there's any more we can do. we got to make sure to those sectors which are adding huge value to the economy the we are in position after the corona

. >> we are now going over to lucy powell. >> thank you, mister speaker.me and hundreds more in manchester, nearly three quarters don't qualify for grants in the hospitality and retail sector are the lifeblood of our sector, the longest enforced closure. will he extend cash grants and come up with a rescue package for hopes, restaurants, shops and venues from disappearing altogether? >> first secretary. >> i think the honorable lady and agree about the challenge we've got across all sectors she mentioned in making sure we see them through this difficult period and make sure the country, the economy, small businesses and sectors she mentioned can bounce back. the chancellor introduced a range of measures in relation to finance grants where they are capable of being made and other tax deferrals to enable small business and any particular businesses take them away and make sure the chancellor can assess if there's any more we can do. we got to make sure to those sectors which are adding huge value to the economy the we are in position after the coronavirus on

evening standard and a former labour advisor, and we can also speak to the mp for manchester central, lucy powellthink someone getting such a strong mandate as he now has means that he really ca n mandate as he now has means that he really can do the job that he said he was going to do, which is to provide that really strong leadership that i think notjust the party but the country are looking for. but also unite and bring together the labor party, which is something that he made essential to his campaign. and i think again that is something that clearly labour party members are looking for, but i think the public wants to see an end to the division, an end to some of the factionalism, and the labour party now being focused on the challenge at hand which is a really important task in terms of the coronavirus, what is a very difficultjob in the long—term, as we seek to try and win an election to —— again. we seek to try and win an election to -- again. i wanted to ask you about some of the practicalities of ending that division, because we heard jeremy corbyn, he wanted to do that. he wanted to br