Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer WilliamsBoris Johnson has hinted that the regional tier system may be scrapped when national lockdown ends.The Prime Minister told reporters that a national approach to coronavirus restrictions “might be better this time round”.When the last lockdown ended in December, England returned to tiered arrangements which restricted the activities permitted in an area depending on the state of the virus.Ministers had previously suggested England would see a return to regional tiers after the current lockdown came to end.However, speaking during a visit to Batley, West Yorkshire, today Mr Johnson said: “It may be that a national approach, going down the tiers in a national way, might be.
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