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Good Morning. We have another busy day ahead of us, with Britain entering a new phase in the fight against coronavirus: the ‘rule of six’ is taking effect in England, Scotland and Wales (in slightly different ways), joining Ireland from the North (where one version already applies) and MPs will have the first chance to vote on government legislation that would overturn the Brexit withdrawal agreement, a bill whose publication has brought relations between Brussels and London to a new low .
Malt house kit, The Minister of Police was on the Today show this morning talking about the “rule of six” and, when pressed by the host Mishal hussein, said that people should report their neighbors to the police if they thought they were ignoring the rule.
When asked what people could do, Malthouse said:
We are discussing what reporting mechanisms might exist, but obviously there is a non-emergency number that people can call and report any issues they want.
Certainly, during the initial stage of the confinement, we did see an increase in reports reaching the police.
If people are concerned, if they believe there is a violation, then that option is open to them.
Then, pressed on whether that would involve reporting a gathering of seven or more in a neighbor’s yard, Malthouse said:
It is open to the neighbors to do exactly that via the non-emergency number and if they are concerned and see that kind of thing then they absolutely should think about it.
When asked if he said that residents should be concerned about local infractions of the law on neighboring properties and report them to the police, he replied, “Yes.”
Here is the agenda for the day.
9 am: Sir Keir Starmer presents his LBC phone call “Call Keir”.
11.10 am: Frances O’Grady, TUC General Secretary, speaks on the first day of the TUC’s annual virtual conference.
12:00 h: Downing Street is expected to hold a lobby briefing.
12:15 pm: The Scottish government is expected to hold its daily briefing on the coronavirus.
12.30 pm: Vaughan Gething, the Welsh government health minister, conducts a briefing on the coronavirus.
After 3.30 pm: The deputies begin the debate on the second reading of the bill of the internal market. They will vote at 10:00 p.m.
Politics Live has doubled as the UK’s coronavirus live blog for some time and given the way the Covid crisis overshadows everything, this will continue for the foreseeable future. But we will also cover political stories that do not belong to Covid, such as Brexit, and where they seem most important and interesting, they will take priority.
Here’s our global coronavirus live blog.
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