From Wednesday the nation will be split into three tiers, determined by how badly affected each is by the coronavirus. It was rumoured earlier this week that the new system could last until Easter. (Image: PA)In a bid to stave off a back-bench rebellion the Prime Minister has written to Conservative MPs offering them a second vote on the coronavirus tier system early next year. Mr Johnson acknowledged on Friday that people felt "frustrated", particularly in areas with low infection rates which now face tighter restrictions than before the lockdown. "The second problem is that, alas, our experience is that, when a high incidence area is quite close to a low incidence area, unless you beat the problem in the high incidence area, the low incidence area, I'm afraid, starts to catch up."

Source: Daily Mirror November 28, 2020 21:37 UTC