Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Ministers under pressure over preparedness

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EastEnders star Danny Dyer – a direct descendant of King Edward III, remember – will provide a history class for five-to seven-year-olds on Henry VIII when the BBC’s new virtual learning class launches today. Boris Johnson’s team faces more questions about some very recent history, under pressure over claims they wasted weeks doing little to prepare the nation for the pandemic. Ministers claim now is not the time to rake over the past, but the opposition thinks there are urgent lessons to be learned. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing during the coronavirus crisis.

Inside the bubble

Our Whitehall editor Kate Devlin on what to look out for today: