Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - politics Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailKeir Starmer has called for an end to “anonymous and speculative” briefings from government sources on coronavirus. The Labour leadership contender called on Number 10 to agree to daily press conferences to ensure the public have the latest information. And he urged the Government to provide “openness and transparency, not confusion and uncertainty” in its response to the coronavirus. It comes after parts of the Government’s action plan were briefed to ITV’s political editor Robert Peston by an unnamed government source. Mr Starmer said: “To allow anonymous and speculative briefings to journalists about a significant step-change in the Government’s response to the outbreak is irresponsible.”(Image: Daily Mirror/Andy Stenning)He added: “It’s time the Government commits to a daily press conference about its handling of coronavirus.

Source: Daily Mirror March 15, 2020 12:56 UTC