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Over half of Brits think lockdown came too late
MORE THAN half of British people believe that the government’s social-distancing measures to tackle the spread of Covid-19 were introduced too late, according to a poll.
The stricter measures introduced by the Tory government on March 23 required non-essential workers to stay at home and businesses to close.
However, 53 per cent of those surveyed in an Ipsos Mori online poll believe the measures came too late.
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