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Crackdown on London Socializing as Virus Battle Over North Rages
- Households mixing indoors banned from Saturday in U.K. capital
- Leaders in north of England resist Johnson’s lockdown plans
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Londoners will be banned from mixing with other households indoors, Boris Johnson’s government said, as leaders in the north of England fought back against extra curbs in their communities.
The rule change in London, announced by Health Secretary Matt Hancock in Parliament, will come into force at 00:01 a.m. on Saturday. People will also be discouraged from using public transport.