Matt Hancock has insisted that creating so-called "herd immunity" in the UK against coronavirus is not part of the Government's plan for tackling the killer illness.

MPs have been told not to bring guests into Parliament and tours of the estate have been cancelled in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus, it has been announced.

Health minister Nadine Dorries, who earlier this week was diagnosed with Coronavirus, has announced that her 84-year-old mother has also tested positive.

A government promise to slash rail fares is being stalled by a row between the Treasury and the Department for Transport, it has been reported.

Mass gatherings in the UK are expected to be banned from next weekend as the Government steps up its response to the coronavirus crisis.

Boris Johnson has moved to postpone May’s local elections for a year amid the coronavirus crisis.

Number 10 has insisted May’s local elections will go ahead in defiance of a call by the official watchdog to postpone them amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Labour has accused Boris Johnson of failing to provide leadership on the coronavirus outbreak as the political truce on the crisis broke down.

Labour bosses have been urged to close a loophole which saw a senior SNP politician given a vote in the party's leadership election.

A total of 11 MPs are now self-isolating due to coronavirus just days after ministers said Parliament would not close due to the outbreak.

Jeremy Hunt has voiced his fears over the Government's "concerning" response to the coronavirus crisis.

The next round of Brexit trade talks has been cancelled as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

Boris Johnson has warned the British public that "many more families are going to lose loved ones" as it emerged that as many as 10,000 people in the UK may now have the coronavirus.

The Electoral Commission has recommended ministers delay the upcoming local and mayoral elections amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Labour has cancelled the conference to announce its new leader because of the mounting coronavirus crisis, the party has confirmed.

The UK has officially moved to the delay phase of its coronavirus response plan, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The House of Commons has announced it will start serving halal and kosher food following an appeal from MPs.

Spending plans announced in the Budget are "nothing like as generous as they appear", according to a fresh analysis from the Institute of Fiscal Studies.

The Labour leadership result could be announced behind close doors as a result the growing coronavirus outbreak, according John McDonnell.

The United Kingdom and Ireland will not be included in a ban on European travel to America being imposed by Donald Trump to try and halt the spread of the coronavirus.

The Liberal Democrats have cancelled their spring conference in the face of the coronavirus epidemic, the party has announced.

The Government will step up its response to the coronavirus on Thursday - as it emerged a Cabinet minister has been tested for the deadly bug.

Catch up on all the key figures and pledges from Chancellor Rishi Sunak's first ever Budget.

Rishi Sunak's first Budget is an “admission that austerity has been a failed experiment”, Jeremy Corbyn has claimed.

Rishi Sunak has used the Budget to heap praise on his predecessor as Chancellor - just weeks after Sajid Javid's dramatic Cabinet resignation.

Rishi Sunak has unveiled a multi-billion pound package to help workers, businesses and benefit claimants cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis.

Rishi Sunak has promised to pump billions of extra pounds of public spending into the UK economy over the next five years as part of a "plan for prosperity" to combat stalling growth.

Boris Johnson will not be tested for coronavirus despite attending a Downing Street event with Nadine Dorries days before she was diagnosed with the virus.

The Prime Minister’s partner Carrie Symonds has hit back at claims their dog Dilyn might be rehomed from Number 10.

Conservative MPs have reacted with anger after Chris Grayling was handed a seat on Parliament's prestigious Intelligence and Security Committee.

Rishi Sunak is set to keep the decade-long freeze on fuel duty in today's Budget in a victory for Conservative MPs.

Health minister Nadine Dorries has become the first MP to test positive for coronavirus.

The Chancellor will unveil a £2.5billion investment to fix 50 million potholes over the next five years in the Budget.

Rishi Sunak will pledge to "lay the foundations for a decade of growth" by unveiling plans to spend hundreds of billions of pounds on infrastructure in his first Budget.

Boris Johnson has suffered a major backbench rebellion over the Government's plans to give Huawei a role in the UK's 5G network.

A Labour official whose brother was suspended for alleged anti-semitism has been elected chair of the party's disputes panel.