Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have sent recorded messages to the husband of Good Morning Britain host Kate Garraway to help stimulate his recovery from coronavirus, Lord Mandelson has revealed.

Derek Draper, 52, has been in hospital for 10 weeks battling Covid-19, with his TV presenter wife recently revealing she had been warned by doctors he may never fully recover.

Last week, Garraway said the illness had "wreaked extraordinary damage" on Mr Draper, who is a former lobbyist and political adviser.