Boris Johnson was on Monday accused by business leaders of presiding over a “lockdown by stealth”, as the prime minister prepared for a massive rebellion by scores of Tory MPs over new Covid-19 restrictions.
Johnson is under pressure to consider a new package of government aid for sectors including hospitality, retail and travel, as England retreated behind closed doors with the Omicron strain of coronavirus spreading across the country.
Sajid Javid, health secretary, said the variant now represented over 20 per cent of cases in England and that he expected it to become the dominant strain of the virus in London by Wednesday.
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