Key events
14 May 2020
Evening summary
14 May 2020
Grant Shapps hints fares may have to rise in London as TfL bailout close to being agreed
14 May 2020
UK's privately run PPE stockpile was 'in chaos', sources say
14 May 2020
Shapps says he is 'optimistic' about agreeing bailout for Transport for London
14 May 2020
Grant Shapps' press conference
14 May 2020
Quarter of Covid-19 hospital deaths were diabetic, data shows
14 May 2020
Nadine Dorries and two Tory MP colleagues reprimanded by whips over anti-Starmer smear
14 May 2020
UK coronavirus economic rescue package 'moderate' by G7 standards, says IFS
14 May 2020
England records another 207 hospital deaths, taking total to 24,159
14 May 2020
ONS survey suggests around 150,000 people in England had coronavirus in early May
14 May 2020
A further 428 die in the UK, taking total to 33,614
14 May 2020
Wales records a further 10 coronavirus deaths, taking total to 1,164
14 May 2020
No 10 admits cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill has had coronavirus - but public weren't told at time
14 May 2020
Keir Starmer: lack of consensus between four nations not helpful
14 May 2020
London transport services will be cut without bailout today, says mayor
14 May 2020
A further 34 die from Covid-19 in Scotland
14 May 2020
Cost of coronavirus furlough scheme could reach £83bn by October, OBR estimates
14 May 2020
Only 3% of people think their lives will never return to normal after Covid-19, ONS survey suggests
14 May 2020
Health minister Nadine Dorries deletes tweet sharing anti-Starmer smear
14 May 2020
More than 25% of English people may have already had coronavirus, study claims
14 May 2020
Rees-Mogg restates call for MPs to 'lead by example' in returning to work despite reservations from Speaker
14 May 2020
Situation in care homes 'absolutely terrible', says cabinet minister
14 May 2020
People think Britain will be kinder and more united country after Covid-19, ONS survey says
14 May 2020
White people almost four times more likely to have outdoor space at home than black people, ONS says
14 May 2020
Agenda for day
14 May 2020
Hunt admits he should have done more to develop testing capacity as health secretary
14 May 2020
We still need to make more testing capacity available for care homes, minister concedes
14 May 2020
Government wants "game-changer" antibody test to be rolled out to key workers first, says minister
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Boris Johnson appeared with his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, for the first time since they announced the birth of their son, Wilfred.
The prime minister later tweeted a video and shared his thanks.
The Leeds United football team has shared a video of players and staff clapping and putting their thumbs up.
The video ends with Paul Reaney speaking to the camera to thank the NHS and a shot of the Elland Road stadium flooded in blue light.
Firefighters applaud outside Hertford Fire Station. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/ReutersA band plays outside the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. Photograph: Jacob King/PAShare
Updated at 15.24 EDT
Amir Khan, an NHS doctor, paid tribute to the key workers who lost have lost their lives to coronavirus by lighting a candle ahead of the applause.
Bognor Fire Station have shown their support for “NHS hereos and all the key workers” with clapping and sirens.
Here’s a nice view in Glasgow where Thomas Kerr, councillor for Shettleston, filmed this video of the applause and car horns.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer tweeted his thanks to the key workers keeping the country going.
Sisters Honor and Iris Hall show their appreciated for the NHS staff, London. Photograph: Rick Findler/Story Picture AgencyLabour leader Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria applaud for key workers outside their home in London. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty ImagesPrime Minister Boris Johnson and partner Carrie Symonds applaud outside 10 Downing Street. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/ReutersShare
Updated at 15.12 EDT
Police forces across the country have paid tribute to NHS and key workers.
Staff at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London. Photograph: Ben Cawthra/LNPNHS staff gather in a doorway at the Aintree University Hospital in Fazakerley, Liverpool. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PANHS workers at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 15.07 EDT
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