British MPs to vote on national lockdown restrictions as coronavirus cases spiral

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing on coronavirus in Downing Street (Hannah McKay/PA)

British MPs will return to Westminster to vote on regulations enforcing England’s national lockdown as the stringent restrictions entered into force overnight amid spiralling coronavirus cases.

The UK Commons has been recalled from its Christmas recess for the second time, to debate and retrospectively vote on the measures announced by the Prime Minister on Monday.