
BORIS JOHNSON apologised today for his and his government’s ignorance over new local coronavirus measures for north-east England.
The Prime Minister claimed he “misspoke” when he was asked to explain the new rules announced on Monday night, which came into force today.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner criticised Mr Johnson as “grossly incompetent” for not understanding his government’s ban on separate households mixing in private and in public.

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