Manufacturers react to third national lockdown

Posted on 6 Jan 2021 by Tom Lane

Following on from Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Monday night lockdown announcement the PM told Downing Street news conference on Tuesday, he had "no choice" but to impose the new measures.

With the number of patients in hospitals 40% higher than in the first peak and figures from the Office for National Statistics suggesting more than one million people in England had Covid between 27 December and 2 January. All of the UK is now under strict virus curbs, with Wales, Northern Ireland and most of Scotland…

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