Lockdown tightens in the north

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Prime Minister Boris Johnson put a brake on the reopening of parts of the UK, as cases of coronavirus began to surge again. Will these localised lockdowns work? Plus, we discuss the chaos over the introduction of quarantine restrictions on tourists returning from countries such as Spain, and whether the traditional “Red Wall” Labour heartlands are still supporting the Conservatives after changing sides in last year’s election. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with Jim Pickard, Laura Hughes, Robert Shrimsley and Andy Bounds. Produced by Anna Dedhar, Josh de la Mare and Breen Turner. The editor is Liam Nolan. Review clips: BBC, Sky and Parliament.

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0:27.9	4 million brits in the north of England have seen lockdown tightened as health secretary
0:38.2	Matt Hancock admitted the virus was spreading rapidly again.
0:41.7	I understand the impact that this has on people's lives but people absolutely understand that
0:49.8	we need to make changes fast and we need to move quickly.
0:54.9	Welcome to Pain's Politics, your essential insider guide to what's happening in British politics
1:02.1	from the financial times, with me Sebastian Pain.
1:05.5	In this episode I'll be discussing the latest on coronavirus,
1:09.2	including what's being done to tackle localized outbreaks and the chaos for those returning from
1:14.1	holiday with chief political correspondent Jim Picard and political correspondent Laura Hughes.
1:19.7	And later I'll be looking at how the old labour heartlands are feeling about Boris Johnson in
1:25.0	the age of the pandemic and the new labour leader Keir Starmer with columnist Robert Schrimsley
1:30.3	and our northern correspondent Andy Bounds. So Jim and Laura, welcome back.
1:34.5	Good morning. Hello.
1:37.6	So August is now here and with it another relaxation partially of some of the lockdown rules.
1:43.4	Instead of working from home I think most of England is now being urged back to the office whenever
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