Who said it

“It’s precisely because we have the hope of that vaccine and the risk of new strains coming from overseas that we must take additional steps now to stop those strains from entering the country.” - Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

“We are not going to lower the standards of workers’ rights. The UK has one of the best workers’ rights records in the world – going further than the EU in many areas. We want to protect and enhance workers’ rights going forward, not row back on them.” - Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.

“It is time for our governments to get a grip of what is now a full-blown crisis, and fast, before severe and lasting damage is done to the sector.”

- Jimmy Buchan, chief executive of the Scottish Seafood Association.

“The home secretary must take responsibility for this serious problem. She must – urgently – make a statement about what has gone wrong, the extent of the issue, and what action is being taken to reassure the public.”

- Shadow home secretary Nick Thomas-symonds after hundreds of thousands of arrest records were accidentally wiped from police databases. “We need to start to rebuild our organisation, rebuild the confidence, our unity, but more, much more importantly, put the policies in place that inspire people to support us and shows us as a social-democratic force in Scotland that cares about our economy, cares about public services and cares about our society – more than it cares about a polarised constitutional debate.” - Former first minister Lord Mcconnell on what a new Scottish Labour leader needs to do after the resignation of Richard Leonard.