The Government will “say more” about its discussions with business leaders calling for more Covid financial support, Steve Barclay said.

When asked about measures to help businesses struggling this Christmas due to Covid restrictions the Cabinet Office Minister told BBC Breakfast: “The Chancellor was talking to industry leaders about this very issue last night.

"We will say more about this later today.

“We recognise obviously we are keen to keep businesses open and businesses should continue to plan for the bookings they have.

“We absolutely recognise that through Plan B and the behaviour change there has been an impact on those bookings.”

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