iain duncan smith, the conservative mp and former leader of the conservative party, rachel reeves whond drew hendry for the snp. i would like to start for iain duncan smith, picking up start for iain duncan smith, picking up on that question of a mismatch between promise and delivery, do you think that the government could have done a lot more to make the testing for care workers and nhs medical staff easier in terms of access? well, i think the point that was made and it is the point is that really stands in all of this is that for the uk to ramp up the scale of testing has been a monumental effort and it is important that... but germany has an enormous diagnostic, they export diagnostics round the world and people like britain have relied on upper time. the reality here is that as the government ramps up here is that as the government ramps up the hundred thousand, the real point is that i don't think is going to be tests available, the point is going to be how do we get people to those tests that needs to be tested and that means they are going to have to have many many more access

rachel reeves, shadow chancellor the duchy of lancaster. in the news briefing we heard from gavin williamson, the education secretary, and also jenny harries williamson, the education secretary, and alsojenny harries the deveney chief medical officerfor and alsojenny harries the deveney chief medical officer for england. and earlier on today we had another 596 deaths announced. that is the smallest increase to more than two weeks. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. the early morning cloud has cleared out of the way to reveal these beautiful blue sky is pretty much nationwide. walking norfolk spotted this. the only place that held onto some cloud this afternoon was northern ireland. this is what bringing the dry weather and it's going nowhere for very fast. that means for the week ahead it is looking drive with plenty of sunshine day by day. 0vernight tonight we are going to give clear skies. it never really get that call for most of us because it is going to be quite a breezy ni

rachel reeves turning to the provisions personal protective equipment, or ppe in the revelations in theorama programme. it claimed there were no gowns, visors, swaps or body bags and the government pandemic stockpile when covid—19 reach the uk. the stockpile was set up in 2009 and the programmes said that the government subsequently ignored a warning from its own advisers to buy more equipment. buy missing equipment. they insisted they take in the right steps and are doing everything they can to increase stocks. following from panorama, how can the government claim to have delivered a billion items of ppe when they're lacking individual gloves and paper towels. will the minister provide to the house a breakdown of1 billion ppe items by type and place a copy in the house of commons library today. the figures of the government produced, the fact that we have distributed in the course of this crisis 143 million masks, 163 million aprons, 1.8 million gowns and 547 million gloves. the ns and pmp also watch the programme and had some specific questions. wire we read so i'm prepared, why were

my name is rachel reeves later in the arc or of no it's book group knows what we don't know about domestic violence. it's so good to have here hello mantissa welcome to the strain tell us who you are. my name is mandy secondly i'm the director of an organization called rise up against gender based violence are based in south africa and the birth of the total shutdown movement it's an intersection warrant against gender based. welcome and please introduce yourself welcoming. thank you for me hello everyone i have a really short title i am assistant secretary general and deputy executive director of u.n. women and for those of you who don't know if you and women's the flagship entity in the united nations system dealing with gender equality and women's empowerment great to be yes good to have you all 3 of you ladies this is a hard topic to talk about but i know you'll be very candid and share stories and take us around the world in our conversation but 1st of all for you anita you have given a u.n. women have given what is happening now with down's around the world a very short description a

we have from the shadow business secretary rachel reeves earlier.important that the government take people with us on thisjourney. people have, by and large, stuck by the rules that have been put in place. and because they have done that, it's even more important that we communicate with them, treat them like grown—ups about where we go next. the government's message has been, we don't want to deviate from what we don't want to deviate from what we are saying. the message is still to stay at home. we have that next decision point about the lockdown in just under two weeks' time, when there has to be that review of the measures but for now, they are saying, we don't even want to get into that. the keir starmer‘s point is, you cannot act as if these discussions are not already happening. and this is particularly true with reference to the devolved administrations, were nicola sturgeon in scotland and the welsh assembly have published more detail setting out beyond what the uk government has said about the five tests that need to be met before lockdown

rachel reeves has written a letter to her counterpart in government michael gove the government says orders need to be properly assessed. money factor michael madigan owns a company that's offered to make he told me he understands the government's need for quality control checks but wishes the communication was coral of course they go to check our standards but they haven't actually talked to us they haven't asked for a sound book there's been no medication other than through some clunky quite difficult portal over a web portal and that's it this was a normal commercial life it would well it wouldn't it wouldn't happen like this but the review to respond very quickly and how easy would it be for your company to make that kind of care well there's 2 parts to it one is actually go cutting the clear advice or that's one thing which we can do on our own or a laser cutter which we have but that is a bit slower now with that class our assembly we could make 10000 kits a week and we could be up and running within 6 days however i'm looking at partnering with a packaging company that could c

rachel reeves has written a letter to her counterpart in government michael gove she's called on the government to clearly outlined the number of companies that have offered to make p.p.a. and the number of office taken up while the government says all orders need to be properly assessed we are incredibly grateful thousands of offers of support from suppliers as part of the national effort to ensure that p.p. is reaching the frontline we are working rapidly to assess these offers ensuring they meet the safety and quality standards that our n.h.s. and social care workers need and prioritizing offers of larger volumes. the letter i was joined by manufacturer michael luttig and who owns a company that's offered to make p.p.a. he understands the government's desire to carry out quality control checks but wishes the communication was clear of course they're going to check our standards but they haven't actually talked to us they haven't asked for a sound book there's been no communication other than through some clunky quite difficult portrait of what a web portal and that's it this was a

we can speak now to shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, rachel reeves.es to social care settings. we are seeing that around the country andi are seeing that around the country and i am seeing it in my constituency in leeds. there is a mismatch between what government says about the availability of this clothing equipment and what is experienced on the front line. nobody doubts, i would say to government ministers, that you are committed to getting the equipment to those on the front line, but you need to listen more to those people working on the front line, whose everyday experiences they are not getting what they need in either the quantity or the quality of types of equipment they need. we need to step up equipment they need. we need to step up both the production and distribution. of course to hospitals, but also to those social ca re hospitals, but also to those social care settings, where the numbers are not being reported but as we know from your previous guest and others, those numbers are very high and increasing. the point of publishing the num

nick thomas simmons, rachel reeves will shadow michael gove as shadow low chancellor of the duchy ofhat list of names suggest to you about the type of leader we will have? the most striking thing is the absence of those who were seen to be politically closest to jeremy corbyn, so away has gonejohn mcdonnell. he said he would stand down whenjeremy corbyn stood down. also gone barry gardiner, john trick kept and ian lavery and the last two we re very kept and ian lavery and the last two were very close politically to jeremy corbyn. no word on rebecca long—bailey, in the final three for the leadership, we are told that emily thornberry, who was relieved of her services as shadow foreign secretary will remain in the cabinet. we don‘t know in whatjob. nick brown remaining as chief whip, angela smith in the lords. we will see from keir starmer, an attempt in his casting of the shadow cabinet and the remaining posts to have a broader range of voices from the labourfamily, broader range of voices from the labour family, than just those associated with the left—wing under jeremy corbyn. he ha

also rachel reeves, part of keir starmer‘s top team as labour changes its tone.r of sweden so a very, very busy programme as 9pm —— 9am. 02:29:52,793 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 stay with us, headlines coming up. hello, this is breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. it‘s 8.30am, here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main news. borisjohnson goes back to work tomorrow, just over two weeks after being discharged from hospital where he was treated for coronavirus. the prime minister returns to downing street with the government under increasing pressure to explain how they‘ll ease the lockdown. it‘s next up for review on 7th may. as we‘ve been hearing this morning, spain has become the latest european country to ease its restrictions. let‘s talk to dr margaret harries who‘s from the world health organization. good morning. are very clear specific guidelines that the who has produced that countries can follow when it comes to the easing of lockdown? yes indeed we have. in fa ct a lockdown? yes indeed we have. in fact a lot of our work recently has been on developing