Keir Starmer urges PM to impose 'circuit breaker' lockdown on England

Labour leader says Boris Johnson must follow the science' as Covid death toll rises sharply

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Keir Starmer called on the government to follow the science" and impose a national circuit breaker" lockdown of at least two weeks as the death toll from Covid-19 soared to a four-month high.

In a significant escalation, the Labour leader said Boris Johnson had lost control of the virus" and must take urgent action to impose a near-total shutdown across England over October half-term.