Responding to the news the government won't be publishing daily data on the number of people tested for coronavirus, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said: “First the government cancelled the daily press conferences, now they’ve stopped publishing the numbers of people who’ve actually been tested for coronavirus.

Layla said: “It seems that at every stage, ministers are dodging scrutiny and covering up for their own failures. 

“Making data public is vital to ensure decision-makers are held to account. This shows we need to ensure full transparency through an independent and cross-party inquiry, so that this government can no longer try and pull the wool over people's eyes.”