Matt Hancock has announced a partial easing of coronavirus restrictions in Leicester. From 24 July, restrictions on schools and early years childcare will be lifted, but pubs, restaurants, bars and other parts of the hospitality sector will remain closed in the city. Restrictions on travel, as well as only meeting up to six people, will also remain in place
UK coronavirus live: some lockdown measures lifted in Leicester but not all, Matt Hancock announces
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Matt Hancock is a British Member of Parliament, who is serving as Health Secretary under Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Hancock was alleged to have been having an affair, after photographs emerged of him apparently kissing a woman at his Ministerial workplace were published by The Sun newspaper on 25 June 2021.