England enters second lockdown after MPs approve regulation https://ift.tt/2GqUyp5 Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor and Heather Stewart Theresa May abstains and Iain Duncan Smith votes against PM’s plan in Tory rebellion Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage England has begun its second nationwide lockdown on Thursday, despite a bruising vote the previous day in which Boris Johnson’s coronavirus strategy was rejected by dozens of his own MPs. Senior Tories including former leaders Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith were among those in Wednesday’s Commons debate to attack Downing Street’s management of the pandemic, which claimed nearly 500 lives across the UK on Wednesday – up 24% on the previous day – and left more than 12,000 people hospitalised. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J November 05, 2020 at 02:17AM

Theresa May abstains and Iain Duncan Smith votes against PM’s plan in Tory rebellion

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England has begun its second nationwide lockdown on Thursday, despite a bruising vote the previous day in which Boris Johnson’s coronavirus strategy was rejected by dozens of his own MPs.

Senior Tories including former leaders Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith were among those in Wednesday’s Commons debate to attack Downing Street’s management of the pandemic, which claimed nearly 500 lives across the UK on Wednesday – up 24% on the previous day – and left more than 12,000 people hospitalised.

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