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Matt Hancock 'doesn't wan to speculate' on strengthening lockdown rules

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direct to your inboxMatt Hancock said he didn't "want to speculate" on the possibility of tougher measures being brought in as coronavirus rates continue to rise.

Asked about the prospect of tighter restrictions, the Health Secretary told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show: "I don't want to speculate because the most important message is not whether the government will further strengthen the rules."The most important thing is that people stay at home and follow the rules that we have got."And that, in terms of the scale of the impact on the cases, that is the most important thing we can do collectively as a society."Mr Hancock, who gave the interview from his own home via video link, added: "It is hard, it is not easy.

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