Lockdown Special: Arrogance And Overreach?

10/02/20 • 22 min

With a quarter of the population now under increased restrictions, anger is growing about measures that don't fit local circumstances and may have no medical validity.

Shane Moore, council leader in Hartlepoo,l tells Bloomberg Westminster's Sebastian Salek and Roger Hearing the government broke a pledge to consult with them before imposing the new rules, which he says will have devastating consequences for mental health and jobs.

Karol Sikora, professor of medicine at the University of Buckingham Medical School and chief medical officer at Rutherford Health joins to say restrictions like the rule of six are unnecessary and the government almost appears to be enjoying its new powers.

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With a quarter of the population now under increased restrictions, anger is growing about measures that don't fit local circumstances and may have no medical validity.

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Bloomberg UK Politics - Lockdown Special: Arrogance And Overreach?

Transcript

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