"Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last evening that he had made the decision to place the entire country into full lockdown as cases of the variant of Covid-19 spread unchecked.

In an effort to wrest back control Johnson announced that from midnight last night, everyone should stay indoors unless any trip was essential.

It was a day of contrasts as the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine began to be given.

Following the announcement of the lockdown, it appears that the Government is pinning its hopes upon the delivery of the vaccines to conquer the pandemic.

Given what happened to the economy during the first lockdown which started in March of last year, it is vital that the new measures not only work but work quickly. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has already extended the Government’s furlough scheme until the end of April, but he is bound to face pressure to put other regional and/or industry specific measures in place.

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