Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Volunteers answer call to help NHS

Sign up here to receive this daily briefing in your email inbox every morning

There will lots of heroes to champion when this is finally all over. For now, there’s a chance to show NHS staff how much you appreciate the work they’re doing by opening your front door, balcony or window at 8pm on Thursday and joining the nation in mass applause. Matt Hancock knows doctors and nurses need all the help they can get right now. The health secretary wants a quarter of million volunteers to support the service in the very, very difficult days ahead. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing during the coronavirus crisis.

Inside the bubble

Our political commentator Andrew Grice what to look out for at Westminster today: