Millions of people heading into the top tier of coronavirus restrictions have been given hope that the curbs will be eased within weeks as an official study showed numbers infected had halved in the north.
Boris Johnson is understood to be looking for Tier 3 areas that can be moved down to Tier 2 before Christmas as he seeks to convince sceptical MPs to vote for the new system tomorrow.
Hopes that areas facing the strictest rules will get them eased have been boosted by the country’s biggest coronavirus study. It has concluded that the number of people with the infection had dropped by 30 per cent across England since the lockdown was introduced at the start of the month. This was driven by reductions
