A government minister today warned Brits to do the ‘minimum possible’ at Christmas as the virus threat to family plans mounts.
Steve Barclay, 48, said he will not be seeing his parents next week and people must exercise their “own judgement”. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury insisted families wouldn’t be “criminalised” for gathering and Christmas won’t be “cancelled”.
But he repeatedly refused to rule out changes to the Christmas bubble rules next week - telling Sky News: “All things are all kept under review.” And in a hardening up of government advice, he said: “People shouldn’t misinterpret what the guidelines say. “It’s not saying people must go and see family. “It’s saying that where family want to see each other, they won’t be
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