In full: Boris Johnson announces three tier lockdown system in Parliament

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The Prime Minister will set out the traffic lights system in the House of Commons this afternoon, after chairing a Cobra meeting this morning to finalise the details, which are expected to come into force from Wednesday afternoon. There are fears that some parts of the economy could be shut for as long as six months, although the measures will be reviewed on a rolling monthly basis. For the latest on this story, click here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/10/12/boris-johnson-local-lockdown-brexit-politics-latest/ Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► https://bit.ly/3idrdLH

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