Everything Boris Johnson said tonight - the Prime Minister's statement in full

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hereAnd I know that faced with that risk, the British people will want their government to continue to fight to protect them, you, and that is what we are doing, night and day.

And yet the single greatest weapon we bring to this fight is the common sense of the people themselves – the joint resolve of this country to work together to suppress Covid now.So today I set out a package of tougher measures in England – early closing for pubs, bars; table service only; closing businesses that are not Covid secure; expanding the use of face coverings, and new fines for those that fail to comply.And once again asking office workers to work from home if they can, while enforcing the rule of six indoors and outdoors – a tougher package of national.