UK coronavirus live: George Eustice takes daily briefing as death toll rises by 545 to 35,341
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5.31pm BST
In his opening remarks Eustice urged people interested in fruit picking work to use a pickforbritain website.
As my colleague Fran Lawther points out, it does not seem to be working.
George Eustice tells people to look at the Pick for Britain website … which doesn’t appear to be working pic.twitter.com/Hm96QJ4BXh
5.29pm BST
Q: Can you understand why teachers don’t trust the government on the safety of re-opening schools?
Eustice says he does not accept that the government has mishandled the crisis.
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