British Prime Minister Boris Johnson remains in intensive care but his designated deputy Dominic Raab says he expects the PM to be back at the helm of the Government shortly.
Mr Raab, who is also first secretary of state, has taken over some of Mr Johnson's responsibilities such as chairing the government's daily coronavirus meeting, but Mr Johnson remains prime minister.
During Tuesday's daily news conference Mr Raab was repeatedly questioned about how the arrangement will work if there a vital decision that needed to be made quickly. "I've got total confidence in the arrangements that the prime minister has put in place so that I can discharge responsibility for him, deputising for him while he's out of action, and obviously we hope that will be for a very limited period of time," he said.
Some Conservative MPs have voiced their concern about who exactly is in charge, including former army captain Tobias Ellwood, who said"it is important to have 100 per cent clarity as to where responsibility for UK national security decisions now lies".
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