Boris Johnson is being given updates on government business, but is not 'working' during his recovery, Number 10 has said. The Prime Minister is at Chequers, his official country residence, while he recovers from treatment for coronavirus.
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: "He isn't doing government work. He's been given updates on the coronavirus response and he has spoken with the First Secretary of State as well as senior members of his Number 10 team." The spokesman said the PM's meeting with senior government figures on Friday was not a decision-making meeting, despite lasting several hours.
Instead the PM was being updated on the government's fight against coronavirus. And he said the PM has been given daily updates on