Labour's Wes Streeting MP has called on the government to publish the evidence behind the decision so the public "can have faith that it is being made in the national interest".

"Boris Johnson is declaring victory before the war is over, in an attempt to distract from the police knocking at his door," he said, referring to the Metropolitan Police's investigation into apparent lockdown-busting parties held in Downing Street and across Whitehall.

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