Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has said another full national lockdown will remain under consideration as the government grapples with the rising spread of Covid-19 and a new variant of the virus.
Asked in an interview with the BBC whether the government is considering reintroducing a national lockdown in the new year, Jenrick said such a measure was not the immediate plan but that the matter was being reviewed.
“We keep everything under review, but what we are trying to do is retain the robust tiered system,” he said. “That is the best way to keep the virus under control, because you’re taking a proportionate approach in different parts of the country based on what’s actually happening there. There still are today wide variations between Cornwall and Herefordshire, for example, at the bottom end of the scale, and London, Kent and parts of the east of England at the top end of the scale.”
