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Good evening.
Matt Hancock has ended the day as he started it - by dodging a request for an apology.
During this evening's press conference the Health Secretary was asked to say sorry for leaving care home residents and staff unprotected, but said the question was not reasonable. The daily briefing was dominated with questions about care homes, after Mr Hancock confirmed asymptomatic residents and staff would now be able to get a coronavirus test.
It caps a challenging day for the minister, who this morning was asked to apologise for failings over PPE by the son of a doctor who died earlier this month.
Mr Hancock said he was "really sorry" about the death of Intisar Chowdhury's father Abdul, but repeatedly swerved any apology over protective equipment.
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