Coronavirus: Who should be at work, what help for the self-employed, and when did Prince Charles last see the Queen?
Calling Peston: The ITV News Politics Podcast
ITV News
4.2 • 177 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
With the UK on lockdown, lots of people have lots of questions about what they can and can't do.
Robert, Daniel and Shehab discuss the specifics of how the new rules work and whether there's any protection for the self-employed.
We also speak to Royal Editor Chris Ship to find out more about Prince Charles, who is isolating with coronavirus, as he reveals the last time the duke saw his mother the Queen.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, thank you for joining us, whether you're listening to us in self-isolation, working from home, |
| 0:08.4 | travelling to or from your essential work, or doing your daily allotted exercise. Welcome to |
| 0:14.6 | Calling Peston. As ever, we'll attempt to bring you inside an analysis of what's going on out there |
| 0:19.4 | with me, Daniel Hewitt, |
| 0:20.9 | working from home right now. |
| 0:22.5 | Chehab Khan, working in Westminster and Robert Peston at Political Editor, who is also at home, |
| 0:28.2 | self-isolating after his partner continues to show symptoms of COVID-19. |
| 0:32.7 | And 48 hours after Boris Johnson announced Britain was effectively in lockdown, if anyone is still |
| 0:38.3 | doubting the severity of this disease. Today came the news that a 21-year-old woman with no |
| 0:44.0 | pre-existing health conditions is believed to have died after contracting coronavirus. |
| 0:49.4 | Chloe Middleton from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire was described as healthy by her family. |
| 0:54.2 | Her mum, Diane, posted on Facebook to all those people out there who think it's just a virus. |
| 0:59.8 | Please think again. |
| 1:01.5 | We'll also be speaking to ITV royal editor, Chris Schip, on today's podcast after Claren's house confirmed Prince Charles has tested positive for COVID-19. |
| 1:12.9 | He's displaying what we're told are mild symptoms and is also self-isolating. More from Chris later. Now, before we dial Robert |
| 1:18.0 | Peston into our Zoom conference call, she have and I have plenty to talk about. Starting with |
| 1:22.4 | today's final Prime Minister's questions before Parliament closes its doors for an unforeseeable |
| 1:26.9 | amount of time. Also, it was Jeremy Corbyn's last Prime Minister's questions before Parliament closed its doors for an unforeseeable amount of time. |
| 1:27.9 | Also, it was Jeremy Corbyn's last Prime Minister's questions as Labour leader. |
| 1:32.0 | Shehab, you've been watching it for us. |
| 1:34.6 | Tell us what it happened. |
| 1:35.7 | Hi, Dan. |
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