Boris Johnson has delayed the introduction of new Covid restrictions in England, despite warnings from scientific advisers of a coming wave of infection threatening to overwhelm the NHS.
It is understood that ministers were split between those – thought to include health secretary Sajid Javid and levelling up secretary Michael Gove – wanting swift action and others, led by chancellor Rishi Sunak, who argued that decisions which would inflict economic damage running into many billions of pounds should not be taken until the severity of illness caused by Omicron became clearer.
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