The prime minister is considering a month-long lockdown across England in the hope that measures could be eased before Christmas, according to reports.
Boris Johnson is hoping to introduce the same rules for Christmas across the UK as leaders prepare to meet to discuss a “common approach” to festivities.
Criminal justice in the UK could “cease to function” in the next four years without radical reform, analysts have warned, amid predictions that the backlog of cases could rocket to almost 200,000 by 2024.
