Calls for an exit plan to end the lockdown intensified as questions emerged about the UK government's preparedness during the build-up to the coronavirus outbreak.
Labour leader Keir Starmer increased pressure for a "road map" out of restrictions as a wideranging newspaper report detailed how Prime Minister Boris Johnson missed five meetings of the government's key Cobra committee as the health crisis was gathering pace.
The claims came as the UK Prime Minister, who is recovering from coronavirus, was said to have been giving directions to ministers from the country retreat of Chequers - where he is recuperating.
Reports in the Sunday Times that Mr Johnson did not attend a raft of Cobra meetings and claimed the government missed a series of