Matt Hancock doesn't know how many of his staff are WFH; & inside Louisiana as Hurricane Laura hits

Health Secretary Matt Hancock's under fire after admitting he has “absolutely no idea” how many of his own staff are working from home or coming into the office. In an interview with Times Radio he suggested it doesn't matter if civil servants work from home and stay away from central London, saying: “What I care about is how effectively people work.” Evening Standard political editor Joe Murphy says the comments could undermine government calls for people to go back to their desks after lockdown, and they've also shone a spotlight on just how many civil servants are still working from home.

 Also, Hurricane Laura's forced thousands to flee their homes after battering the United States' Gulf Coast with ferocious wind and torrential rain.

Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate ahead of the hurricane, but not everyone fled from the area, which was devastated by Hurricane Rita in 2005. We speak to Jeff Palermo from the Louisiana Radio Network who says there's been "severe" damage and at least one fatality.

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