Time is running out to act before 2022 arrives after the prime minister stayed silent, even as daily UK infections topped 100,000 for the first time and the rest of the UK imposed crackdowns. The cabinet - whose approval is needed for new measures – is “not expected” to meet before Christmas and neither is a decision on the recall of parliament, The Independent understands.
Next Wednesday is thought to be the last day MPs can be brought back to pass legislation in time for New Year's Eve, suggesting an announcement must be made before the Christmas break. The delay will come as a relief to hospitality and entertainment businesses desperate not to have to "cancel new year”, after the threat to Christmas gatherings was lifted on Tuesday.
Gillian Keegan, the health minister, argued the wait-and-see approach - with some emerging data suggesting the Omicron variant is less dangerous than feared was "better” than curbing people's freedoms now.
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