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we've just been hearing the cabinet office mr stephen barclay will be chairing a meeting on workplaceilience today as well as the regular briefing the prime minister will be getting. before christmas he was having these meetings on staff resilience daily to get an update from different departments and they will —— they last met four days ago. we will update you on those various briefings today when we get them. let's take a closer look at the covid rules and restrictions in scotland and let's hear from our correspondent in scotland, who sent us this update. it's all about hospitality and indoor public venues. that means pubs, restaurants, theatres, museums and even gyms will have to have one metre spacing between each group. groups can contain no more than three households and where alcohol is served, table service will be required so you can imagine the knock—on effect there on pubs will be felt greatly because there can be no more drinking at the bar. nightclubs also will be shut unless of course they can use distancing and table service and operate essentially as a pub. the scottis

well, earlier today cabinet minister stephen barclay said the chancellor had met business leaders who more financial support. he told the bbc the government would "say more about this later today". more on it in a moment, but first this report from our political correspondent damian grammaticas. under the microscope now, not the virus, but the government's approach to tackling it. where many were hoping for clarity ahead of christmas, there is instead uncertainty. covid cases are surging and borisjohnson and his cabinet met yesterday, but they have yet to decide on any of the key questions. are new covid measures required for england? if so, how soon and how severe? we agreed we should keep the data from now on under constant review, keep following it hour by hour. and unfortunately i must say to people we will have to reserve the possibility of taking further action to protect the public. so for now, the vaccination drive goes on, but no new restrictions. several ministers in mrjohnson�*s cabinet are reluctant to see more enacted, concerned about the effect on the economy and wanting