RUSHES: Coronavirus: Robert Jenrick interview

Coronavirus: Robert Jenrick interview; ENGLAND: London: INT Robert Jenrick MP (Communities Secretary) interview SOT. - ABOUT ANNOUNCEMENTS BEING MADE ABOUT PUBS AND RESTAURANTS CLOSING VIA THE NEWSPAPERS - The number of cases are rising in north and NW and other places like Nottingham - We are giving a proportionate and localised response to that - We have to avoid blanket changes to the rules that has such an impact ABOUT KILLING OFF PUBS AND RESTAURANTS IN THESE AREAS - - No decision has been made about further measures / - None of us want to close pubs early or at all / - The longer that we are indoors the more likely it is the virus transmits to other people / ABOUT THE EVIDENCE THAT COVID SPREADS MORE EASILY IN PUBS AND RESTAURANTS - - We are prioritising education and work spaces / - If we need to take action at hospitality industry we don't want to but if we have to we will / - The hospitality sector has done huge work, but it common sense that the more interaction you have indoors the more likely it will spread / - We are not an outlier in this policy, this happens in other countries and cities / - We are led by the evidence, right we take action / - We will listen to the science and take action / ABOUT ANNOUNCING IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS - - I don't know what the newspapers are reporting or where their sources are / - We review the data every week we speak to local leaders and directors of health, then decisions are taken / - It would not be right to announce things to the media / - We don't control what newspapers choose to print, that's not the way we operate / - We speak to local communities and then make announcements in due course / ABOUT LEADERS NOT BEING VERY HAPPY - - I speak to local leaders regularly / - The council in Nottinghamshire are working very well / - We are announcing extra funding today /