Regular No10 press conferences will return from next week as England's national lockdown gets underway. Downing Street confirmed that there will be at least three press conferences per week to keep the nation updated on the coronavirus pandemic.
But long-awaited plans for White House-style press briefings have been kicked into the long grass due to the latest lockdown.
Plans to televise daily lobby briefings - where political journalists can question the Prime Minister's spokesman - had been scheduled to start this month, led by the PM's new press secretary Allegra Stratton.
Instead, No10 said there would be a return to regular press conferences, led by Mr Johnson or other relevant ministers and scientific experts, for "the next few
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