Tory MPs tell Hancock to ditch one-size-fits-all Covid restrictions in northern England |

Certain towns and villages that have not had a coronavirus case for weeks should be unrestricted, MPs say

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Conservative MPs have told Matt Hancock that businesses will suffer unless the government takes a more sophisticated approach to the blanket restrictions affecting 4.5 million people across northern England.

Ministers announced on Friday that people across large swaths of the north and Leicester would remain under tighter restrictions for a third week as the coronavirus infection rate continued to rise in some areas.

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