Politics Live
8:54am – More reaction here to the events in the USA from Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
8:30am – Ministerial media rounds:
The Foreign Secretary, Priti Patel, was up this morning.
Ms Patel condemned last night’s violence in Washington, but she was reluctant to publically denounce Donald Trump’s own actions.
8:15am – Today’s key developments:
- Pro-Trump protestors storm the Capitol building.: Expect a lot of British political reaction to the unsavoury events that took place in Washington D.C. last night.
- Vaccine rollout: An escalation in the daily numbers of vaccinations is expected in the coming days, as the Oxford vaccine is delivered to GP-run sites across England.
- Health committee: The former Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, will question the current one, Matt Hancock, this afternoon on the deteriorating Covid situation in the country.
8:00am – Good morning and welcome to Politics Live.
Yesterday’s round-up:
- Covid: A daily record of 1,041 deaths and 62,322 cases were recorded on Wednesday.
- Education: Summer exams will now be replaced by teacher assessments rather than the controversial algorithm method used last year.
- Transport: The HS2 minister Andrew Stephenson says the cost of cancelling the project would be “chilling”.
