Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments, including the opening of Labour’s online conference
Matt Hancock is now being interviewed by the BBC’s Andrew Marr.
Marr presses him on whether he would report on a neighbour breaking the rules. He points out that Boris Johnson ruled this out last week. Hancock initially stresses the fact that most people are following the rules, but when pressed he says he would report someone to the police.
This is what Matt Hancock told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday about the possibility of restrictions in London.
The first line of defence is people’s behaviour. But then, after that, local lockdowns are necessary, and I’ve brought in local action right across different parts of the country where cases are rising …
I’ve had discussions this week with the mayor of London [Sadiq Khan] and the teams are meeting today to discuss further what might be needed.
