Lindsay Hoyle meets PM before Commons vote on keeping Covid restrictions after berating him over timing of announcement

Peace talks have been held between Boris Johnson and the Commons speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, before a vote on delaying the final stage of lifting Covid restrictions across England.

Hoyle invited the prime minister to his office on Tuesday afternoon for a half-an-hour sit down after launching into a furious attack on Johnson the day before, claiming he had been “misled” about the timing of Monday’s announcement.

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