The Guardian reports that ministers will meet on Thursday to try and agree a plan for further restrictions on pubs to limit the UK’s increasing number of coronavirus cases. There’s more on that story here.
The Daily Mirror leads on claims from Labour that coronavirus infections are rising in 19 out of 20 areas where local lockdowns are in place.
The Daily Telegraph says Boris Johnson is considering closing pubs and restaurants in the worst-hit coronavirus areas as infection rates continue to rise.
The i goes with plans by ministers to offer furlough cash injections to areas affected by local lockdowns.
The Metro leads on Labour Party research that shows local lockdowns are not helping limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
The Daily Express leads on Boris Johnson’s promise at the Tory Party conference to defeat coronavirus and build a “bright future” for Britain.
The Times leads on the rise in coronavirus cases across the UK, saying the country is on the brink of tougher lockdown measures, despite government attempts to get back to normal.
The Daily Mail reports on claims by medics including “top epidemiologists at Oxford, Harvard and Stanford” that lockdowns aren’t helping combat coronavirus and life should return to normal for all but the elderly.
