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Just over 10,000 people were tested in the UK on Wednesday, as coronavirus deaths rose to 2,921.

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle wants the Commons to go digital - but is the UK's Parliament built for it?

The Home Office said new applications would take longer to process because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Voters have until 12:00 BST to choose between Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Sir Keir Starmer.

It comes after it was revealed some 2,000 NHS England staff have been tested, out of 1.2 million workers.

Officials say the benefit system is coping despite unprecedented demand due to pandemic.

MPs should take part in PMQs and debates via video if they can't return to work, says Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

Following criticism the government says it plans to test "hundreds of thousands" of NHS workers within weeks.

Charities fear people in England and Wales are being forced out of their homes, despite a ban on evictions.

Prof Peter Sinclair taught the future prime minister at Brasenose College in the 1980s.

A GP and former MP says the UK government reaction to coronavirus makes it "a lot harder for ourselves".

Premier League clubs are living in a “moral vacuum” and players should be first to sacrifice salaries during the coronavirus pandemic, say politicians.

As the virus spreads around the world, what measures are different countries implementing?

Laura Smith, who is unemployed, says people's credit scores should not be affected by the pandemic.

The advice comes as the government faces growing criticism over a lack of testing for frontline staff.

But a union boss questions whether ministers will value civil servants more "over the long term".

MSPs are expected to pass new emergency powers in a single day in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Opposition MPs says Parliament must carry on, after Westminster shut up shop amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The government is working to increase coronavirus tests, Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove says.

MPs are told voluntary organisations could lose £4bn in income over the next three months.