The Scottish government is demanding more support for self-employed workers impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Green MP gave a tour of the Commons in exchange for a £150 contribution, a probe finds.

The chair of the House of Lords says he is following government advice for those over 70.

Overtly partisan politics appears suspended while the government tackles the virus outbreak.

Derek Mackay will not face criminal charges over hundreds of social media messages he sent to a 16-year-old boy.

Tories and Labour ordered that only those asking the PM questions attend, amid coronavirus fears.

With coronavirus spreading, ministers are looking for new ways to make us behave more hygienically.

There is confusion over some of the measures being planned to protect older people from coronavirus.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says Scotland will double the number of intensive care beds to cope.

John Stevenson had spent periods of his life homeless and fighting alcoholism.

Arlene Foster repeated an apology for her "failings in the implementation" of the RHI scheme.

Budget scrutiny and the coronavirus crisis are set dominate proceedings.

The England and Wales polling watchdog wants to "mitigate" the impact of coronavirus on voters.

Overtly partisan politics appears to have entered suspension while the government makes plans to deal with the virus outbreak.

Reality Check

The government is going to raise infrastructure spending (which is money for things like building roads and hospitals) to unusually high levels, even after taking into account rising prices.

There have been various numbers used, but this chart of public sector net investment, adjusted for inflation, shows the planned increase.

The only time we have got close to these levels was in 2008-09 and 2009-10, when the government brought forward spending to help boost the economy during the financial crisis.

But governments have found it very difficult over the years to spend as much as they've planned to on infrastructure, as Reality Check explained in this piece.

Reality Check

The spending in this Budget is being largely paid for with a big increase in government borrowing.

The government expects to borrow almost £100bn more in this Parliament (before mid-2024) than was expected the last time we had any forecasts.

And that figure does not include £12bn to be spent on getting the economy through the coronavirus outbreak.

The Treasury documents say that money will be accounted for in the next Budget in the autumn.

The action was brought against Andy Wightman over blogs he wrote about a business in 2015 and 2016.

Reality Check

The chancellor is talking about the use of statutory sick pay (SSP) to support people isolating themselves because of coronavirus.

SSP is paid by employers, so self-employed workers are not eligible, but agency workers are. (There are other measures for the self-employed, who have to self-isolate, in this Budget).

You have to be earning at least £118 a week to qualify for it.

It is set at £94.25 a week, although of course employers may pay more if they want to.

To put that into context, average weekly earnings , externalin December last year stood at £544 a week.

The health secretary hits back at criticism over her handling of the delayed opening of a children's hospital.

Nicola Sturgeon says they may have to consider closing schools and postponing hospital procedures.