Delivering a series of criticisms of the information he has received, the Labour mayor told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Frankly it's been intensely frustrating. "What they're suggesting is not a return to lockdown, it seems that what they're suggesting is that we continue the present level of restriction for a further two weeks beyond July 4. (Image: Leicester Mercury / Chris Gordon)Officials stopped short of confirming a lockdown would be put in place following a surge of cases yesterday. But the Labour MP for Leicester, Claudia Webbe, has said she believes a local lockdown is necessary for her constituency where 866 coronavirus cases have been recorded in the past two weeks, because of "significant levels of African and Asian minority ethnic communities" and "significant levels of poverty". "When we're talking about the need for saving lives, we must also talk about the need for saving livelihoods too."

Source: Daily Mirror June 29, 2020 07:07 UTC