Boris Johnson is due to announce a new three-tier local lockdown system for England on Monday. Every area will be put in one of three tiers under the plan - and the worst-hit could see pubs shut down, shielding resume and a ban on non-essential travel.
The PM's aides have spent this weekend locked in talks with local leaders and was holding a phone conference with his Cabinet on Sunday afternoon.
But some of the key decisions were still being thrashed out hours before his Monday afternoon address to the House of Commons.
And Tory ministers were locked in a stand-off with local leaders who said there must be more wage support before their pubs are shut down.
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