therese coffey began by setting out the task her department was facing. april, we have received 1.8 million claims of universal credit, over 250,000 claims ofjobseeker‘s allowance and over 20,000 claims of support allowance. overall, this is six times the volume that we would typically experience and in one week, we had a tenfold increase. the claims appear to have stabilised about 20 to 25 per day which is double that of the standard week, pre—covid—19. 20 to 25,000 per day. labour recognised that universal credit or uc had been increased significantly, but... people on legacy benefits, jobseeker's allowance and support allowance are not seeing a corresponding increase in their benefits. over a hundred charities pointed out that this discriminates against disabled people in particular. when will these benefits be upgraded? we have a system at a working tax credit system that is digital and far more straightforward and quick to change that. 0ur older systems, the legacy benefits systems, it would take quite some time and i'm talking about several months t

firstly, therese coffey saying it is actually not a condition to have the app up and running for schoolsf it is not the teaching unions are not going to come on board which is going to come on board which is going to come on board which is going to make it much, much harder for the government to open the schools. the other interesting thing, i thought, schools. the other interesting thing, ithought, was schools. the other interesting thing, i thought, was that she seems to be suggesting the problems with the app — in other words it is not a problem with having enough officials or people on the isle of wight to sign up to make the pilot meaningful, she seemed to be suggesting it is glitches with the app. in my world that rings alarm bells because if you look at numerous government it schemes, the track record frankly is a pretty dismal one. if there are technical glitches with the app, that could be very, very problematic. we know there have already been questions about why the nhs is pressing ahead with its own apps rather than picking up the off—the—shelf google apple ones that other co

that was followed by the cabinet minister therese coffey suggesting, in effect, ministers were givens wrong and the advice was wrong. “— the science was wrong and the advice was wrong. —— given duff advice. but 110w was wrong. —— given duff advice. but now the scientists have hit back, with the chief executive of public health england saying it was not our responsibility to roll out mass testing, that was the responsibility of the department of health, in other words of matt hancock. then for good measure the incoming president of the royal society, sir adrian smith, has urged politicians not to pass the bulk and accept responsibility for their policy decisions. you just get a sense of the looming blame game ahead as eve ryo he the looming blame game ahead as everyone prepares for the inevitable inquiry when this is all over. norman smith, thank you. from today, people in northern ireland who do not share a household can meet outdoors in groups of up to of six. let's cross to chris page in belfast. 0ne one of 0ne ofa one of a number of measures? yes, that's right. for most people it

listening to therese coffey there, it sounds like there may be some glitches with the app.app and if there are doubts about that it puts the whole sort of scheme back, which means our route out of the lockdown becomes longer. so we really need some sort of solution if there are difficulties with the app, given we know there have already been rumblings about why the nhs has been developing its own app rather than using the one other countries are using devised by apple and google, that we could simply have gone with their app, but instead decided to have our own, and when we read some of the technical blog sites etc there do appear to be some difficulties with this model of app. thank you very much, norman. that was norman smith at westminster. figures from the office for national statistics show that the numbers of deaths in care homes are falling for the second week in a row. in the week to may eighth, there were 1,666 covid—19 registered deaths in care homes in england and wales. this is down from 2423 the previous week. let's go into those figures in more detail — with m

the work and pensions secretary, therese coffey, has deflected the criticism onto the scientist. has been changing. we get new evidence about does it transmit amongst children or not? the changing government guidance reflects that. ministers can only make decisions based on the knowledge they have at the time and the scientific advice. should that scientific advice and not be published? scientific advice and not be published ? should scientific advice and not be published? should we not be more transparent about that advice? it is not all out there, is it? a lot of it is published. i have been reading a lot of scientific papers and a lot of it is out there. what we should avoid doing, but it is very tempting for everyone, including opposition politicians, to be wise after the event, but you can only base your knowledge and decisions on the knowledge and decisions on the knowledge you have at the time. the difficulty for ministers is they are basing decisions on very partial evidence because we do not know about this virus and or how it is going to spread. many thanks for your tim

i didn't know precisely what therese coffey said.xa m ples of claims in an extraordinary way. plenty of examples of success but as the position develops, government is going to have to change and adapt its —— approach which is about a government acknowledging this is a fast—moving situation and we need to respond and adapt. it's important to get the facts right. not a single day when more than 100,000 were tested. one different question, about sir tom moore. he is now going to be sirtom. about sir tom moore. he is now going to be sir tom. what is your reaction? i thanks to an absolutely merited accolade. tom moore has had an extraordinary life and his captive by his early and fundraising enterprise which is captured the hearts and minds of the nation. i think it's the least we can do to say thank you, not just for that incredible effort but also his life of service and dedication and his insights that he brings in those wonderful interviews. he is a remarkable man. he epitomises the best of what it is to be british. thank you for you

therese coffey, appreciate your time on brea kfast coffey, appreciate your time on breakfast this morninghe rules. they will all arrive at the training ground but not go into the training ground, they will not eat in the canteen, they will not be treated by physio. they will all be in the gear and dressed, basically in the car, three spaces away, and walk straight onto the training pitch itself. so everything's in place. i've got no issues and that's why i can tell the supporters what we're doing players, the staff, that we are as safe as what we possibly can be. hearts are threatening legal action after being relegated from the scottish premiership. they are weighing up the time and cost of action against the price of what they call an unjust relegation. positions were decided on points per game as the season was called off with eight matches remaining. it means celtic have been crowned champions for the ninth successive season matching the achievement ofjock stein's celtic and rangers run through the 90s. and breaking that record with a tenth successive league title is the aim of manger