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MPs approve new way of working as Commons returns
Questions via video link and a restriction on the number of MPs in the chamber are among the new measures.
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MPs approve new way of working as Commons returns
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MPs approve new way of working as Commons returns
Questions via video link and a restriction on the number of MPs in the chamber are among the new measures.
Top civil servant 'wrong' about EU equipment claim
Sir Simon McDonald says he was incorrect to state the UK opted out of EU scheme for political reasons.
UK 'throwing everything' at coronavirus vaccine
Matt Hancock says human trials for a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will begin on Thursday.
Johnson speaks to Trump as recovery continues
The prime minister is also expected to have a phone conversation with the Queen in the coming days.
Gap between PPE promise and delivery, says Starmer
The Labour leader calls for urgent action, as ministers say they are working with 159 UK firms.
Pub sector faces 'bloodbath' over rents
An industry expert has called for government intervention "as a matter of urgency".
Top civil servant 'wrong' about EU equipment claim
Sir Simon McDonald says he was incorrect to state the UK opted out of EU scheme for political reasons.
UK 'throwing everything' at coronavirus vaccine
Matt Hancock says human trials for a vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will begin on Thursday.
Johnson speaks to Trump as recovery continues
The prime minister is also expected to have a phone conversation with the Queen in the coming days.
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Felicity Evans
Political editor, Wales
The former university chancellor says Welsh and UK governments are not making use of domestic help.
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An inquiry into the sacking of Carl Sargeant, who took his own life days later, has been scrapped.
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The UK and Welsh governments are guilty of a "dereliction of duty" for failing to make better use of domestic resources to address shortages of Covid-19 tests and personal protective equipment (PPE), according to Nobel Prize-winning professor Martin Evans.
Sir Martin says he is aware Cardiff University, where he was formerly chancellor, and others have offered assistance to the Welsh Government but the offers “have not been accepted so far because of the PHE [Public Health England] and PHW [Public Health Wales] approach".
"I’m very concerned that this approach is one of petty bureaucracy, pettifogging, form filling-type approach," he added.
"We are, in my opinion, in a war-type situation. People are dying. We have an invisible enemy sweeping the country, we need to use every resource we can muster against it and yet our government, our governments I should say, are not doing this.
"They are trying to buy equipment from abroad, trying to buy PPE from abroad, trying to buy testing from abroad. They’re not using our own resources at all and I think this is a dereliction of duty.”
The Welsh Government said it was "surprised" by Sir Martin's comments, adding it is working with Cardiff University.
A spokesman said the university was helping the government with PPE equipment testing and advice, supplying chemical reagents for testing, providing scientific advice, and are also "playing a leading role" in the convalescent plasma treatment programme.
The UK government has been asked to comment.
Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI Political Reporter
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Questions via video link and a restriction on the number of MPs in the chamber are among the new measures.
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