Health secretary says Professor Neil Ferguson was right to step down after breaking lockdown rules; Boris Johnson to face Keir Starmer for the first time at PMQs
At least two people a day have been using a free train travel scheme to escape domestic abuse during the coronavirus lockdown, figures reveal. A total of 53 people have used the Rail to Refuge scheme since 9 April, which offers free train travel to a safe refuge, the Rail Delivery Group said. More than half of people who booked through Rail to Refuge said they would not have travelled if the journey was not paid for, the RDG said.
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