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No Household Mixing After Lockdown Ends People from different households won't be allowed to mix in indoor spaces from December 3rd-24th, at which point the rule will be relaxed for five days before being reimposed, according to some of today's papers. The Government is trying to spin this as the only way to "save Christmas" – and the Sun has bought that line – but that does beg the question, why prioritise saving Christmas over saving jobs? The Telegraph has more. Boris Johnson has repeatedly promised that the national lockdown will be replaced with a "regional tiered approach" when it ends on December 2nd.But Government sources say default restrictions across the country are likely to include a ban on mixing with other households until close to Christmas.Ministers intend to announce an "end of lockdown package" next week, including a schedule for Britain's vaccination programme and an expansion of mass testing, which they hope will soften the blow of further restrictions.The plans aim to allow a loosening of restrictions for Christmas, with scientists suggesting a number of households might be allowed to "bubble" together for a short period. Christmas bubbles could last for five days. Members of the Covid Recovery Group (CRG), the 70-strong collection of sceptical backbench Conservative MPs, aren't happy about this, with one member of the group describing it as ...
