The announcement that the lockdown will be tightened in Leicester following a rise in coronavirus cases in the city leads most of the front pages. The Daily Mirror describes the move as"Britain's first local lockdown", with the city's non-essential shops and schools forced to close again - except for vulnerable pupils and children of key workers.
Elsewhere, the Daily Express focuses on Boris Johnson's promise of a £5bn"new deal" to kick start the economic recovery after the coronavirus crisis. In a major speech on Tuesday, the prime minister is set to unveil plans for an"infrastructure revolution" to modernise hospitals, schools, roads, prisons, the courts, High Streets and town centres, the paper reports.
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
No it's not a blow but just a set back. So, 600,000 people in or around Leicester may have to endure 2 weeks more of lockdown but, surely that's better than 66 million going back in Lockdown & the collapse of whole UK economy?
New Deal?! Laughable.
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