NEWS
Boris Johnson could sign off move to add Lancashire and Manchester to ‘tier three’ lockdown
Manchester and Lancashire could be put under ‘tier three’ lockdown after the Government’s ‘Gold command’ taskforce scientists signed off on the harsh measures. Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and its local council leaders have threatened legal action if the city is plunged into the ‘fundamentally flawed’ highest level of local restrictions without more financial help – Mail
Private sector company is handed cash equivalent of £1.5million annual salary for coronavirus tracking – Mail
Labour’s plans for second lockdown would ‘make the poor poorer’, says WHO – Express
Liverpool lockdown: One last drink… then city ‘will be dead again’ – Telegraph
China is our greatest threat, MI5 boss warns – Times
COMMENT
A vicious cycle of lockdowns would condemn Britain to terminal decline – Allister Heath, Telegraph
Covid lockdowns turn loneliness into a killer – Emma Hogan, Times
How is petulant and shockingly ignorant Matt Hancock still in a job? – Professor Angus Dalgleish, Mail
