Christmas shopping saved as 'all shops to reopen regardless of tier' in 10 days

mirror.co.uk:

The annual tradition of the last-minute Christmas scramble for gifts has been saved after it was reported that all shops will remain open when lockdown ends in just 10 days time, even if they're in the strictest tiers of the new lockdown.

England will enter a tougher three-tiered system of local coronavirus restrictions when the national lockdown ends on December 2.

Boris Johnson is expected to detail his plan for winter to MPs on Monday as he sets out how people can see their loved ones at Christmas.

The “Covid winter plan” is expected to place more areas into the higher tiers to keep the virus under control to ensure further restrictions are not needed, No 10 said.