Politics
Johnson Battles to Stop Rebels Undermining U.K. Virus Strategy
- Premier defends ‘tough’ restrictions as vote looms on tiers
- Labour will abstain in attack on Johnson’s economic planning
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Boris Johnson battled to win support for his coronavirus strategy from lawmakers in his Conservative Party after they threatened to undermine his authority in a vote in the House of Commons scheduled for Tuesday.
The prime minister defended the “tough” rules facing most of England when a national lockdown ends this week, but leading Tory rebels said they will still oppose the plan and lambasted a government analysis of the impact of returning to a tiered regional system of rules Wednesday.