Northern England mayors given noon deadline to submit Covid plans
by Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#590VS)
Boris Johnson to outline three-tier system of restrictions, with pubs closed and mixing banned
Mayors and local authorities in the north of England were given until midday on Sunday to submit their proposals for coronavirus restrictions as swathes of the country prepared for stricter lockdown rules.
As metro mayors and local authorities were given the lunchtime deadline, northern MPs confirmed they were looking at mechanisms to allow a vote on restrictions in the north of England.
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