The government is looking at new cases, the new variants, hospital admissions and the vaccine rollout success before it makes up its mind about going ahead with the full reopening of England's economy.

Peter Dowd, Labour MP for Bootle says the government is right to be cautious now, though we shouldn't forget the mistakes they made at the beginning of the pandemic that made all this necessary.

Willie Sullivan, senior director at the Electoral Reform Society joins to discuss reform of the House of Lords following allegations that a billionaire gave half a million pounds to the Conservatives just days after he was ennobled.

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