THEY SAID WHAT?

“Of course we know that there is still going to be more of this disease, this wretched Covid, still to come and although we know there will be more outbreaks we are also absolutely confident that we are going to be able to deal with those outbreaks”

- Prime Minister Boris Johnson tells his Cabinet the country will cope with further Covid-19

outbreaks.

“We’d like to be in a Government that has the impression of being competent, rather than lurching from one issue to another and then after a short time doing a U-turn”

- A senior Conservative MP tells the PA news agency many backbenchers are frustrated at the Government’s handling of the crisis.

“We are completely in love with her. Both mum and baby are doing amazing and we are on cloud nine over here”

- Singer Ed Sheeran, above, celebrates the birth of daughter Lyra Antarctica Seaborn Sheeran with partner Cherry Seaborn.

“I knew the voucher scheme was only a sticking plaster and now that I’ve had the opportunity to spend time with the most vulnerable families, we need to switch focus to the bigger picture”

- England and Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford launches a taskforce with industry leaders to tackle child food poverty.

“Even amidst the uncertainties of a global pandemic, this is a time to be ambitious”

- Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says coronavirus will not hold her government back as she announces plans to fight poverty and homelessness, boost technology and pursue a new independence referendum.