Harris: Booster jabs and antigen tests mean 'nothing inevitable' about another lockdown

Mr Harris said that the Government "will support" those businesses hit by restrictions but said that there is no guarantee that any business will be closed.

More restrictions or another lockdown are "not inevitable", the Further Education Minister has said.

Simon Harris said that a growing narrative around Covid has concluded that closures of businesses or hospitality will happen in the coming weeks, but said that this was "far from" the truth.