The Prime Minister is set to announce details of new Covid-19 guidelines and how they will be implemented when the second lockdown ends in December.

Brentford was in tier two when the second national lockdown was imposed.

Boris Johnson will brief the nation later today (Monday, November 23) and it may not be until Thursday that Brentford knows which tier it is placed in as further evaluations are undertaken.

Mr Johnson has indicated that a number of areas that were in Tier 1 pre-lockdown may be lifted into Tier 2.

Changes that are likely to be announced for December include:

• gyms and non-essential shops will be allowed to reopen when England's lockdown ends.
• While parts of the tier system may be tougher, the 10pm closing time for pubs and restaurants will be relaxed.
• The ban on outdoor grassroots sport is also set to be lifted.

The PM had hoped to announce arrangements for the Christmas period today, but this has been delayed until at least Tuesday to allow the Scottish and Welsh cabinets to agree the plans.

It comes after the government said the UK's four nations had backed plans to allow some household mixing "for a small number of days" over Christmas.

It has been reported that one option that was discussed in meetings this weekend was that three households could be allowed to meet up for up to five days.

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