Labour leader Keir Starmer is urging Boris Johnson to order schools in England to close should he announce a new national lockdown this evening.
Sir Starmer said a March-style lockdown was needed, with a tougher “stay-at-home” message ahead of the Prime Minister’s national address.
Speaking to the BBC he said: “The virus is out of control, everybody can see that.”
“The tiered system clearly isn’t working.”
“You only need to go out on the streets now to see lots of people out and about, you see trains that are half-full, we need to go back to where we were in March with very, very strong messaging about staying at home.
“I’m afraid that the closure of schools is now inevitable and therefore that needs to be part of the national plan for further restrictions.”
