Watch live: Boris Johnson's House of Commons statement on Coronavirus

22 September 2020, 11:52

Boris Johnson's address to the Commons on coronavirus | LBC

Boris Johnson is updating the nation on measures he is putting in place to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

He will be speaking in the House of Commons from 1230pm today.

Watch his statement in full at the top of this page

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