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'A new low': Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer hits out at government's handling of new lockdown announcement

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said announcing the lockdown measures "late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications".He tweeted: "No one would argue with putting in place local action to reduce the transmission of coronavirus."But announcing measures affecting potentially millions of people late at night on Twitter is a new low for the government's communications during this crisis."When the government ended the daily press conferences, they said they would hold them for "significant announcements", including local lockdowns.

It's hard to imagine what could be more significant than this."For all the bluster, government has failed to deliver a functioning track and trace system that would spot local flare ups.

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