But let's face it, it's far from a normal Friday night.

Truth is, though, even these people won't have a choice and where to go come tomorrow.

But what the prime minister is shutting, or the or the bars?

The chancellor is open the nation's purse strings, and he's opening them wide.

Let's bring into context.

It's only nine days since his Corona virus budget.

It's only three days since he announced by a financial boost to their to the UK economy off £350 billion.

And that still wasn't enough late last night.

Here's cutely aware this.

Late last night, he was locked in talks with business leaders with union leaders, and they were demanding.

It still went to show what they were getting out.

This afternoon, they found out the government came out and they announced the mantra.

Imagine we're going to hear much more of over the coming year.

They will do whatever it takes.

It was always a case of when, Not if, really.

There may be few people on the streets.

It's still few too many, and so today the inevitable, but on a scale far greater than most expected following agreement between a.

Ll the four nations of the United Kingdom All the devolved administrations, we are collectively telling telling cafes, pubs, bars on dhe restaurants too close tonight as soon as they reasonably can and not to open tomorrow.

Nightclubs, theaters, Jim's leisure centres Also shutting down on the prime minister warned there should be no last Harar Listening to what I have just said, some people may, of course, be tempted to go out tonight and I say to you, Please don't.

But the tradeoff for the health of the nation so far has been trade itself and thousands of companies air staring into the abyss, even ones that have stood strong for four generations.

On this is Mother's Day weekend.

I'm guessing that's normally quite a big one for you.

We should be.

We should be absolutely packed.

Andi were 20% occupancy.

The empty restaurant, the untouched keys, The beds that don't need to be made can only last so long.

We've got people have been here 30 years, 30 years.

Are you looking at having to let them go?

Possibly.

How do you feel it?

It's very cold.

It's very hard.

But in answer to the tea spilled all over the nation.

Today came a raft of financial measures from a fledgling chancellor on an unprecedented scale.

Richie Soon.

It began this afternoon by detail ing his Corona virus job retention scheme.

Any employer in the country, small or large, charitable or non profit will be eligible for the scheme.

Employers will be able to contact HMRC for a grant to cover most of the wages of people who are not working but are furloughed and kept on payroll rather than being laid off.

Government grants will cover 80% of the salary of retained workers, up to a total of £2500 a month.

I am placing no limit on the amount of funding available for the scheme.

On there was Maur.

I'm deferring the next quarter of E 80 payments.

That means no business will pay n a V a t from now until the end of June, and you will have until the end of the financial year to repay those bills.

That is, a direct injection of over £30 billion off cash to business is equivalent to one and 1/2 percent of GDP to strengthen the safety net.

I'm increasing today the universal credit standard allowance for the next 12 months by £1000 a year on for the self employed, it was announced.

Self assessment payment will be deferred until 2021.

For the nation.

A bailout often limited size in Worthing Unparalleled relief.

It's incredible.

I didn't think it would be anywhere near that figure.

8%.

That's That's a huge help.

What conversation?

Yeah, exactly.

Yeah.

We can keep people on people who've been here for years, people who haven't done anything wrong, but I wouldn't have a job.

The doors here will soon be closing, but safe in the knowledge that one stuff will be paid to.

They'll be able to open again one day.

The prime minister may have got a grip now on social distancing of pubs, clubs and restaurants at supermarkets.

There is still much to do for today, though it was future queues outside job centres.

The government was fighting not present ones outside shops, but the real verdict is still out.

These announcements at a time, specifically a five o'clock so they can't affect the stock market is no instant shop.

We'll find out from that on Monday morning.

We have had some reaction, though, from the Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell.

He said that these pledges don't go far enough.

Business groups of widely welcomed them.

The c B I said this Alema package for business people and jobs.

But what they have been welcomed.

There is a sense now off.

These packages are so big.

If they failed to stimulate the economy, just what will one last hope they before leaving for this evening, See if markets for now they are trying to recruit 16,000 people to cope with the mastermind they've seen over the last few days.

Paul McNamara.

Well, joining me now.

Michael Smith, who leaves a business organization off over 500 pubs, restaurants and shops in South London on Josh Hardy, is the deputy director general off the Confederation off British industry.

Let me begin with you, Michael.

First of all, how far do these measures go to helping the people you work with?

I think businesses are looking at these missions as one word that they used today was radical that were very radical, very radical approach.

So the problem other businesses are saying that a good government in a really good job.

They were looking at the car makers, having listened and went away changed.

Things came back.

So there's a general air of satisfaction.

But in your organization's how many people are employees and therefore covered by these measures announced tonight?

And how many will be more casual workers who may just be laid off, You know, in bricks that we've got a lot of pubs and clubs and there?

Yes, there are lots of casual employees, but people were on us appear widely stuff.

So people who are very, very emotional last week about having it off.

But this is a big guarantee for everybody.

Here's a better sense off.

You cannot retain stuff.

How much longer?

Because although we're in the midst of the problem, people also think you know what happens at the end of this.

How do we How do we re like the flame and get going again?

So people want to keep trusted a trusted stuff.

Start that being with them for 2030 years, you know the routine.

I don't want to be starting again from scratch.

This is offering.

This is the chance to be there.

Let me bring in Josh Hardy.

But Michael, stay with us, if you will.

Just what do you make of this package off measures announced tonight.

Does it do enough?

Does it bring confidence to business?

Well, I mean, you've seen on the report earlier just that the sheer emotion employers, a feeling we're feeling about the risk of having to let people go large scale.

And I think the reason we call this landmark intervention is because it does lift a lot of that tension, the number of employees and employers, number of businesses that I've had on the phone since that announcement.

Saying this enables us to keep people on.

It was absolutely critical.

You have to understand that the scale of things that were coming to realize just how important this is now, of course, it doesn't solve anything.

I'm not sure anything.

It doesn't solve everything.

I'm not sure anything can at the moment, but it makes a really big difference.

Is the beginning of us planning our way out to the other side, building in their economic resilience and minimizing wherever possible the impact on livelihood.

So it's very, very welcome.

Do you think there needs to be more.

I think what, Right now this was This was a globally leading intervention.

I'm a genuinely helps the instant decisions that business is having to make.

I think Look, just as with the health elements, this virus is going to carry on and there are going to be wider implications.

We need to look, for example, at the self employed, possibly even more than the Chancellor has done today.

Although there were some good measures there, so of course there will be more that could be needed.

But this was a very, very strong day in a very strong start.

Now, obviously you don't represent them, but, I mean, you know, you mentioned self employed workers.

There are millions of people working in the gig economy.

Now, who's gonna help them?

Well, I think something does.

This did help himself employed to it to a large degree on by suspending the minimum uncomfortable.

But yes, it may be, as we move through, that more is needed.

It's very, very complicated.

As I say again, the scale of the crisis here, not just in the UK but around the world means is not gonna be possible to make sure everything is okay, but this is a big step forward.

Let's what what it's done is it has helped business and government to really work hand in hand.

We've been handing glove, withdrew the treasury for the last few days, trying to work this out.

If we carry that on, then I think we will be able to be more confident that we can solve those additional issues in the future.

People have been asking for V A T to be written off free period tonight.

We heard that it will be deferred, but the bills will still have to be paid overtime.

Could could could the chancellor do more on that?

The cash is king of the moment and I have to say deferring the 80 is makes a huge difference because yes, accessing loans is available.

But that can be difficult.

Yes, the income support element, but will take a little bit time to come through.

So freeing up cash at the moment is vital.

Now it is a deferral, but that, believe me, that is, that is good on.

And that will make a difference.

Of course we can talk about couldn't beam or could it be grounded, but the amount of money that has been invested just now?

I think we've got it.

We've got to take what we've got and use that to protect people's jobs because that's what every business is focusing all of the moment.

Let me put that back to Michael Smith.

Now we said You represent about 500 organizations.

Do you think they're going to stay in business as a result of the measures announced so far?

Or do you think there will be closures?

There will be closures.

I'm sure that will be, but it's giving more business, better chance to stay in business.

There's some big takeaways today.

The firm Brent deferred ziti with these.

There are some things that they're looking at.

There's more to think about it.

People have to think about insurance.

This is not clear about insurance when you have an economy that when you have a lot of soul, technicians and musicians are like but a lot of freelance staff and you're not quite sure what's happening and you with me that many features, so there's some some things to take away.

I think it's gonna be good.

Is that the weekend will give people a chance to think about.

It s so they'll get shots the thing and come away with more questions and trying to find more anti.

But the key thing is, is trying to keep us many businesses of FLOTUS possible.

Michael and Josh, thank you both very much indeed for joining us tonight.

Now the N H s already under pressure, faces an unprecedented situation.

North Week Park Hospital in London declared a critical incident due to a surge in the number of Corona virus patients last night, prompting concerns across the country about hospitals ability to cope In the days and weeks ahead.

Later, that status was reduced.

Health and social care Across One in Victoria McDonald was given access to a hospital in southwest London today that has recently taken in their first Corona virus patients.

They're getting ready for more.

It's quiet here in Kingston Hospital's intensive care unit, the first Corona virus patients have been admitted, but not in huge numbers.

The staff joke.

The locals must be washing their hands better than the rest of London, Yet they are looking to just a few miles up the road to Northridge Park Last night, they declared a critical incident.

They had no more space that had to ask for help.

Kingston is preparing.

I've been in close communication, actually, Italy providing information through social media to warn us to get ready and prepare for this, um, eventuality, where we've got to have this huge surge in capacity in intensive care.

They've divided this intensive care unit in half through that window of five patients with covered 19 a disease.

Nobody had heard off just a few weeks ago.

A virus that hadn't bean identified just months ago.

Now it's here and southwest London.

The Kingston hospital.

They've had 18 patients so far.

One had to be transferred to the Royal Brompton to be put on ECMO for heart and lung support.

We've been granted exclusive access to the space is one part of their covered 19 escalation plan.

This is a nice you bed with the ventilator.

They have 15 of these.

We could surge to 35 ventilated beds at the moment as we stand obviously with supportive staff moving around, getting additional staffing as well.

Is that enough?

35 ventilators were being asked to prepare by the network to super Serge on.

If we're looking at our plans at the moment, it would be to try to super search to about 94 ventilated bets.