Families should get vouchers for Free School Meals over the summer after a campaign headed by the Manchester United and england footballer Marcus Rashford. Lets speak to our political correspondent, helen catt, whos in westminster. There is a certain inevitability about this. There is, it seemed as soon as Marcus Rashford the england footballer got involved in this it took the air of a u turn in rating. He isa took the air of a u turn in rating. He is a popular well liked figure with a very emotional story detail and a personal reason for backing this. Up until than the government had been holding firm on a sign that it wasnt going to be giving Free School Meal vouchers over the Summer Holiday which it doesnt normally do. It said it was going to be giving money in other ways like £63 million for councils to help those in need. And it was sticking to that line. That involvement from Marcus Rashford did it seem to change that and then the question became among a lot of conservative mps
Incredible guy. The cost of lockdown the number of uk workers on Company Payroll fell by more than 600,000 in two months. The number of people claiming unemployment related benefits more than doubles. Borisjohnson says plans to merge the department for International Development and the Foreign Office will unite aid with diplomacy. But three former Prime Ministers say its a mistake. And new zealand records two new cases of coronavirus. Both had come from the uk, ending 2a days of no new infections. Good afternoon. In half an hour, well bring you todays Coronavirus Press briefing from downing street, which will be led by the Prime Minister. First a look at todays developments. Coronavirus related deaths in the uk have fallen to their lowest number since the week that lockdown was announced, according to the latest weekly data from the office for national statistics. Taken together with similar data from scotland and Northern Ireland the figures also show that there have now been around 6