THEY SAID WHAT?

“The Scots decided, without using the Joint Biosecurity Centre data for this particular decision, that the people from Greece would be excluded and sort of jumped the gun on that and it is their right to do it but it doesn’t make the overall message any clearer”

- Grant Shapps defends the UK Government’s decision not to impose restrictions on people entering England from Greece and Portugal despite Scotland and Wales ordering periods of isolation.

“As key participants in the supply chain who will be required to deliver a functional operating border for GB and EU traders next year, we have visibility of the current state of preparedness which, as it stands, has significant gaps. If these issues are not addressed, disruption to UK business and the supply chain that we all rely so heavily on will be severely disrupted”

- Eight logistics organisations,

including the Road Haulage Association, express concerns

over the UK’s Brexit border preparations in a letter to Cabinet

Office minister Michael Gove.

“Those Londoners who have been working from home have been working. I think it’s really offensive to suggest those working from home haven’t been working, they’ve somehow been lazy – it’s not the case”

- Sadiq Khan, above, brands the campaign to get workers back to

the office “offensive”.

“They showcase the very best that our country has to offer, and this is never more apparent than at times like these”

- The Duke of Cambridge praises emergency personnel as he took part in the annual emergency services festival of thanksgiving.