Shapps announces change as Portugal added to Covid safe list; Birmingham ‘likely to join Covid watch list’ as cases rise; Sturgeon keeps Scotland in current state of lockdown as country records 77 new cases
- Portugal added to Covid safe list as Croatia taken off
- Coronavirus cases in England rise by 27% in a week
- Government spends £56m on consultants to help with pandemic
- End of eviction ban ‘could lead to Covid surge’
- Global coronavirus live: latest updates
6.58pm BST
That’s all from me today, folks. Thanks for reading. Here is a summary of today’s key events:
6.30pm BST
The shadow transport secretary, Jim McMahon, is calling on the government to publish the evidence behind its decision to add Croatia and other countries to its quarantine list.
Passengers and airlines need confidence in government decision making. We’ve got to see the evidence for what countries are quarantine free and which aren’t.https://t.co/aOoj7A5Zoy
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