Coronavirus: MPs set to leave Parliament for month-long recess tonight

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MPs are set to leave Parliament tonight as they begin an almost month-long recess due to the coronavirus. The House of Commons will break up almost a week earlier than planned for Easter until April 21 - as long as an emergency law to tackle the outbreak is passed by tonight.

Yet manual workers like builders, plumbers and electricians are still being told to go into work, even where there work is not essential to the running of the country.

The Coronavirus Bill will give police powers to fine people £1,000 for not taking a coronavirus test and keep them in quarantine for a month.

It allows mentally ill people to be detained or dead people to be medically certified on the opinion of just one doctor. Sweeping powers will force supermarkets

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