Local areas remain in the dark about whether they will be handed any additional powers to impose coronavirus lockdowns.
Although Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that a national lockdown will be replaced with individual self-isolation and local lockdowns, no additional legal powers have yet to be confirmed, leaving local areas reliant on existing public health powers.
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