Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 5 Apr 2020

1. Keir Starmer says he will work with Johnson on Covid-19

Keir Starmer has vowed to work with Boris Johnson “in the national interest” to manage the coronavirus outbreak. After being elected Labour leader yesterday, Starmer offered to work constructively with the prime minister and not provide “opposition for opposition’s sake”. However, he said the failure to provide enough protective equipment for frontline workers and delays over testing have been “serious mistakes”.

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