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Health secretary urges people to stay at home during third lockdown as "every flex" of rules "can be fatal".
Kate Bingham contradicts Matt Hancock's claim UK authorities backed jabs swiftly "because of Brexit".
Health secretary suggests vaccines mean ministers will not re-introduce national restrictions.
But this would not be before the government has said it wants schools to reopen in February.
The strictest lockdown rules will come into force on New Year's Eve, Matt Hancock announced on Wednesday.
UK Health Minister Matt Hancock makes a statement to parliament regarding review of coronavirus restrictions.
Some places in tiers 2 and 3 now have higher rates of infection than those in the strictest lockdown.
Matt Hancock said he was confident enough vulnerable people would be protected by spring to "allow us to get out of this pandemic".
Health secretary Matt Hancock will make a statement in the Commons regarding the lockdown restrictions.
Oh Boris, how wrong you were.