UK health minister says will simplify approach to local Covid-19 restrictions

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British health minister Matt Hancock has said that he was working on proposals to simplify England’s patchwork of local Covid-19 restrictions and would present them to parliament.

Asked if he had considered simplifying the framework for local restrictions, Hancock said: “The short answer is yes. I think that the proposals that we are working through and that I’ll bring to this House ... (are) to have a more simplified approach to the local actions needed.”

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