NEWS
Ministers give Andy Burnham until 12pm to agree to enter Tier 3 lockdown or they will force the city in
Ministers are threatening to force Greater Manchester into Tier 3 lockdown at 12pm tomorrow unless local leaders agree to impose economy-wrecking shutdowns before then. Responding to the Communities Secretary’s claim that the ‘deteriorating public health situation in Greater Manchester means that we need to take action urgently’, the city’s Mayor said ‘selective statistics’ have been used to ‘raise public concern about the NHS’ — Mail
Matt Hancock reveals that millions more people in South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, the North East and Teesside could be heading for Tier 3 lockdown with talks due to take place this week — Mail
Britain bought PPE worth £320m from firms linked to Chinese regime — Telegraph
Matt Hancock pictured breaking face mask rules in ministerial car — Telegraph
UK refuses to restart Brexit talks despite EU accepting its demands — Guardian
COMMENT
Depriving young people of the great outdoors is an utter tragedy — William Hague, Telegraph
Boris Johnson will not regain his squandered trust — Rachel Sylvester, Times
