The fund needs to be signed off but should it be ratified as expected, it would help a series of authorities across the planet who are already struggling thanks to a lack of revenue and cashflow.

Michael Gove gave out the No10 phone number live on radio as he was pushed over whether the PM is running scared of the interview.

Alexandra Hall Hall, the embassy's 'Brexit counsellor', ended her 33-year foreign service career this week, saying she was not willing to 'peddle half-truths on behalf of a government I do not trust'.

Owen Paterson, the former Cabinet minister, said the government's attitude to the Chinese tech giant was 'incomprehensible' given White House opposition to using the firm.

Charities warned that many pensioners would be confused about what they were being asked to do after Grant Shapps (pictured) said they were allowed to go out to walk the dog..

Chancellor Rish Sunak and Boris Johnson are unveiling a massive new coronavirus rescue package after furious complaints that they are not doing enough for ordinary people.

The adverts, which include deliberate errors, are designed to be mocked online so that people share them and spread the 'stay at home' message.

ALEX BRUMMER writes: The Government and Chancellor Rishi Sunak (pictured) is sparing no effort as they battles to stop the coronavirus.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed never to speak again to Mr Gove- but the two men buried the hatchet over whisky sodas and red wine at an exclusive private members' club in London.

David Cameron said Boris Johnson and Michael Gove 'left the truth at home' with claims that EU membership cost £350million a week and that Turkey would join the bloc.

Michael Gove famously sabotaged the current UK Prime Minister's first leadership bid in 2016 by launching his own rival campaign, forcing Boris Johnson (pictured together) to pull out.

The Brexit row severed a close friendship between the Gove and Cameron families which extended well beyond politics and saw the two families share the school run and holiday together.

The Council President warned Jair Bolsonaro's rampant deforestation agenda will likely prevent the agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc being struck.

Michael Gove today ramped up the government's preparations for a No Deal Brexit as the chances of an agreement being struck between Britain and the EU appeared to collapse.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation on Monday evening to warn against social gatherings in public places in an attempt to mitigate the deadly virus' spread.

An investigation has spoken to 11 British detectives who said that they have found evidence of war crimes as insiders say soldiers should have been prosecuted for the killings.

When not starring in films, Cate Blanchett uses her profile for good as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. 

Although Motoring Editor Ray Massey is a fan of electric cars, he has concerns over how practical they are.

A few weeks ago Ray branded the Government's electric car policy being in a mess. His Whitehall sources tell him it rattled cages at the Department for Transport.

Gaynor Seymour, pictured with husband Andrew, lost state pension credits over an innocent paperwork error - but she can prove she looked after their daughter during the disputed period, she says.

Workers have lost their savings after transferring their nest eggs to rogue schemes because they were enrolled with the UK's HMRC and Pensions Regulator - making it appear above board.

A 'tipping point' will be reached where older people are unable to afford care, councils lack funding, and care homes don't have enough room to meet demand, warns the 'Elderly Care Crisis' report.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday abandoned his push for 'total authority' to reopen the country and said he would leave the decision in the hands of the individual governors of each state. 

President Trump said that the U.S. is past the peak of coronavirus cases and claimed that the country's governors are eager to relax social distancing measures and open back up the American economy.

President Trump made himself the star of the 'lockdown rebellion' by tweeting 'LIBERATE Minnesota' and then adding Michigan and Virginia to the list.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Until recently, Europe's victorious Ryder Cup team from Paris last year appeared to be suffering from the same symptoms of euphoria

Mike Sonko, governor of the Kenyan capital, announced the parcels would contain miniatures of premium brandy at a typically flamboyant news conference on Tuesday.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday that he received 'hundreds' of calls from residents asking if they should ingest cleaning products after President Trump floated the idea at a briefing.

Gov. Larry Hogan suggested that the 'misinformation' said by President Trump at daily briefings sent the wrong message

The video posted to social media shows the mother, Kathy Byczynski, of Ottawa, Illinois, ordering her daughter, Alayna, to get ready to make a run to the store and stock up on some wine.

The musician, 33, revealed she battled through her 'hangover of death' by performing a strenuous workout the morning after the night before on Monday.

Despite interest rates plunging to record lows, National Savings and Investments has gone against the grain and abandoned plans to cut rewards which would have cost savers £200 m.

Mr Cummings' name was on a leaked list of members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) as far back as February. 

Ministers have ordered production of up to 50 million new immunity tests as part of what experts hope will be a 'game-changing' development in the battle against Covid-19.

Slides displayed at the daily Downing Street briefing held by Matt Hancock showed that it is now saying there must be no second peak 'that overwhelms the NHS'.

Selectively lifting lockdown measures could lead to resentment and anger among left-behind groups, an 'alternative SAGE' panel of experts warned today.

The deputy chief medical officer for England, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam ,said there remained 'challenges' to be overcome before the ticklist could be completed.

Former Brexit secretary David Davis spoke out as Professor Neil Ferguson was removed from all advisory positions after allowing his lover to visit him at his London home during the lockdown.

Professor Robert Dingwall said Britain had 'completely lost sight' of the true nature of the disease because 'mostly it isn't' killing people.

Boris Johnson's plan to ease the UK's coronavirus lockdown will see people urged to cycle to work, firms told to provide staff with face masks and garden centres allowed to reopen from Wednesday.

Government officials in a small coastal town in Spain sprayed a beach with a diluted bleach solution in the hopes of protecting residents from COVID-19 as they emerge from lockdown.

Britain's care homes are now exploding with coronavirus, both among the residents and the heroic care workers trying to look after them, writes PIERS MORGAN.

Key workers who provide lifts to colleagues who have no other means of travelling to their jobs can car share with a 'minimum number of people at any one time' during the coronavirus lockdown.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Sports events could be restricted to crowds of just 500 people if the coronavirus outbreak continues to escalate, under new emergency plans.

David Hunter, professor of population health at Oxford, condemned the 'Keep Calm and Carry On' attitude among ministers, while scientists have repeatedly pressed the 'panic button'.

As a multiple victim of the implosion of the Woodford investment funds, facing heavy losses, I can't but think that the response of Bailey and the FCA to early warnings was dilatory and timid.

Pubs have been shut since the UK went into lockdown on March 23, but Professor Robert Dingwall (pictured) said it is time to relax the rules.

The Panorama investigation which aired last night accused ministers of counting 547million individual gloves, instead of 273.5million pairs, to fiddle PPE numbers.

Wayne Rooney has criticised the government and the football authorities for treating players as 'guinea pigs' in their confused message over the coronavirus outbreak.

There were calls earlier this week, most notably from Matt Hancock, for players to give up a chunk of their wages, with the health secretary urging Premier League footballers to 'do their bit'.