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Live: Boris Johnson sets out lockdown plan to MPs

2 November 2020, 10:17 | Updated: 2 November 2020, 15:43

Boris Johnson to face MPs over second lockdown | LBC

By Patrick Grafton-Green

Boris Johnson has addressed MPs to formally outline his plans for a second lockdown after announcing them to the nation on Saturday.

The Prime Minister addressed the Commons at 3.30pm today where he confirmed there would be a Commons vote to agree the way forward.

He had been expected to warn coronavirus deaths over the winter could be twice as high as during the first wave of the pandemic.

Follow Boris Johnson's live address to the Commons on lockdown at the top of the page from 3.30pm and the latest reaction live below

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