- - Health Secretary Matt Hancock is to set out which tier each local authority in England will fall under after the end of the national lockdown
- - Each area will be placed into one of three tiers when lockdown ends on December 2 – but the system has been toughened from the previous regime, meaning more authorities will move into the higher tiers
- - Areas which make progress in slowing the spread of the virus could still be moved down a tier before Christmas,
- - The first review is due to take place by December 16
- - Dorset was previously in tier 1
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