the shadow business minister lucy powell joins us via webcam from manchester. s news? a blow clearly for workers. it's a devastating blow. the aerospace industry in this country is world leading. we lead the world in making engines and other parts for aeroplanes and civil and defence. the two are quite linked. thejobs in this and defence. the two are quite linked. the jobs in this sector as well are on the whole very highly paid, highly skilled jobs. they're also in parts of the country, often don't have access to those types of jobs in that way. so to lose this number ofjobs jobs in that way. so to lose this number of jobs in royals jobs in that way. so to lose this number ofjobs in royals royce is devastating, and i fear that number ofjobs in royals royce is devastating, and ifear that it's really only going to be the tip of the iceberg now in the aerospace industry —— rolls—royce. that's why we are calling on the government to ta ke we are calling on the government to take quite a visionary and committed approach to increasing demand and the aerospace sector.

we see powell mp, shadow business minister, thank you very much. —— lucy powell.vaccine, and said the uk would be at the front of the queue when and if those vaccines prove to be successful. the speed at which oxford university has designed and organised these complex trials is genuinely unprecedented. imperial college also making good progress and we will be looking to move into clinical trials by midjune, looking to move into clinical trials by mid june, with large—scale trials planned to begin in october. so far, the government has invested £47 million in the oxford and imperial vaccine million in the oxford and imperial vaccine programmes. million in the oxford and imperial vaccine programmes. but today, i can announce an additional £84 million of new government funding to help accelerate their work. this new money will help mass—produce the oxford vaccine so that if current trials are successful, we have dosages to start vaccinating the uk population straightaway. the funding will also allow imperial to launch phase three clinical trials for this vaccine late

let's speak now to the conservative mp andrew griffith and labour's shadow business minister, lucy powellcannot be guaranteed to be can do it safely? we are all the right to be concerned about the economy, that is why the chancellor was right to put in place all of those unprecedented measures, including the furlough scheme extension, but it is also right to start having a balanced approach to the opening businesses. i was out visiting garden centres in my constituency this morning and thatis my constituency this morning and that is an important economic sector, it is perfectly made for social distancing, the businesses that i spoke to had put a lot of thought and care into how they can implement covid—19 safe working environments. that is a perfectly sensible measure to start getting the economy going again, in the context of the difficult economic news that is not a surprise. is it right to open the economy in the way that andrew has just said to?” think what we need is very clear guidance about how and when businesses can resume and what recourse is in place for where that isn't being