The new coronavirus restriction areas in full

Ahead of the end of national lockdown in December, the Government has announced which areas will fall under the new tier system.

WATCH: Hancock announces the new Covid-19 tiers for England

“January and February are always difficult months for the NHS, so it is vital we safeguard the gains we’ve made. We must protect our NHS this winter.”

Chris Hossack: The costs of the lockdown have not been honestly presented. Not least that it is killing our high streets.

The blanket approach centred on regional and economic shutdown isn’t working.

WATCH: ‘We can see a route out of the pandemic’ – Johnson’s statement on the Covid-19 winter plan

“I’m acutely conscious that no other peacetime Prime Minister has asked so much of the British people.”

Shona Haslam: English “tiers”? Scottish “levels”? We need a national response to the pandemic. Not this confusion.

In Scotland they start at zero. So Level 5 is actually Level 4. Then the Scottish Government decided to change the numbers to letters.

Gary Powell: Why is the Government giving councils £11 million to encourage unprotected sex?

The Government would be wise to encourage people to limit their casual sexual partners and to commit to safer sex using condoms.

Henry Hill: The public want UK-wide rules for Christmas, but we’re a long way from a ‘Four Nations’ approach

The different administrations are all in different places with increasing bad blood between them. Also, devosceptics look set to win seats in Wales.

WATCH: PMQs – ‘Does the Prime Minister understand the human cost of his delay in acting?’

As the nation braces for a second lockdown, Johnson and Starmer lock horns on whether the Government should have embraced an earlier ‘circuit-breaker’.

What matters most for deciding on lockdown is hospitalisations – not deaths

To both treat every Covid patient who needs it and maintain regular services through the ‘winter crisis’, the NHS needs a more muscular intervention.

Nick Fletcher: Ministers must do more to strike the right balance between health and happiness

My constituents are divided between those demanding ever-tighter restrictions and others who want their quality of life back.

Henry Hill: Tories claim Drakeford has turned Wales into ‘test-bed for left-wing socialist authority’

Also: another miserable week in Government for the SNP; the deep damage of the Irish Protocol grow clearer by the day; and more.

Dolly Theis: What can Conservative history teach us about tackling obesity?

The second part of the author’s mini-series of three articles on obesity policy for ConservativeHome this week.

Dolly Theis: Why Government policy on obesity affects us all

The final part of a mini-series of three articles on obesity policy for ConservativeHome this week.

Drakeford’s assault on the Welsh economy – underwritten by the Treasury

The First Minister’s absurd decree banning the sale of ‘non-essential’ goods spotlights the tension between devolved lockdowns and reserved finances.

WATCH: Government won’t rule out imposing lockdown on Manchester without local agreement

Gove says ministers will have to “look at the position” to bring the virus under control if agreement can’t be reached.