A vocal critic of the Government's tiered lockdown system has been put in charge of the UK's vaccine rollout. The role - which is set to last until next Summer at the earliest - will involve him deploying the eagerly-awaited coronavirus vaccine across the country. The newly-appointed vaccine tsar has criticised Government's tiered structure which will see his constituency thrust into Tier 3 lockdown next week despite low infection rates. But nearby Redditch in Worcestershire, with a rate of 240 cases per 100,000, is in Tier Two. Michael Gove today issued a stark warning to Tory backbenchers planning on rebelling against the tiered system in the commons next week.

Source: The Nation November 28, 2020 13:06 UTC