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Boris Johnson is battling to convince his own Conservative Party colleagues to back plans to keep most of England under strict pandemic controls when the national lockdown ends this week.
Ministers on Monday were expected to publish analysis of the health, economic and social impacts of the pandemic and the measures taken to suppress the disease, before a scheduled vote on Tuesday over England’s return to a three-tier system of coronavirus restrictions to replace the lockdown on December 2.
With reports that as many as 100 Conservatives may rebel in the vote because they say the new rules are too tough, Johnson at the weekend wrote to his critics promising concessions in an attempt to persuade them to support him. He warned that a third national lockdown may be required if the country fails to bring the coronavirus under control.
“The prime minister and other ministers will be working very hard to reassure them about the steps that we are taking,†Environment Secretary George Eustice told Sky News on Monday.
“There’s great frustration with the emergency measures we’ve had to take to deal with this pandemic.â€