Speaker scolds government and threatens Hancock after new social guidelines posted on social media

Lindsay Hoyle has reprimanded the government for a “total disregard” of parliament over the failure to announce new nationwide coronavirus restrictions in the House of Commons.

In a furious statement, the speaker urged Matt Hancock to apologise after changes to guidance on social gatherings in England was first briefed to the media on Tuesday evening – despite the health secretary earlier appearing in the chamber.

The new rule, which will come into effect next week, restricts the number of people who can legally gather in one house from 30 to six people both indoors and outdoors. The police will be given the powers to impose fines for those who flout the curbs on social freedoms.

Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-new-gathering-rules-leaked-twitter-speaker-b420984.html

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