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A new national lockdown
Today in Focus
English - January 05, 2021 03:00 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 649 ratingsDaily News News politics leadership health entrepreneurship news interview business entrepreneur culture comedy Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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2021 has begun in crisis mode for Boris Johnson’s government as it scrambles to control new Covid infections by closing schools and implementing a new national lockdown. Peter Walker reports on the new measures Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus