Virtually the whole of England could face a ban on family gatherings until Christmas, the Mirror has learned. Ministers will tomorrow announce which tiers different parts of the country will fall into.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned that “no-one is going to be happy” when the Government publishes its list. The majority of areas are expected to be put in tier 2 or 3 after Boris Johnson admitted that more would go into higher levels than before.
Previously, around half of England was in tier 1, the lowest level of restrictions, with measures including the Rule of Six and the 10pm curfew.
But two separate government sources told the Mirror that it was now “possible” that no regions would initially be put in tier 1.
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