Boris Johnson certainly managed to rally the troops on their first day back from recess this afternoon as he told the Commons that all remaining domestic Covid restrictions were coming to an end.
The most explosive moments of the past few months haven’t been about the continuation of Covid restrictions
From this Thursday, the legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive test will come to an end. Until 1 April, people who test positive will be advised to stay at home, but after that ‘we will encourage people with Covid-19 symptoms to exercise personal responsibility, just as we encourage people who may have flu to be considerate to others’. On the same date, free symptomatic and asymptomatic testing will come to an end too, with the Prime Minister citing the ‘vast cost’ of the testing programme as a reason for this.
The feral mood on the Tory benches grew as Keir Starmer responded to the Prime Minister.
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