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“If we ease off now we risk losing control over this virus all over again, casting aside our hard-won gains and forcing us back into a new year national lockdown with all the damage that would mean”

- Boris Johnson warns England to obey the rules of the new tier system at a Downing Street press conference.

“Would I encourage someone to hug and kiss their elderly relatives? No, I would not” - England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty also urges people to be careful at Christmas.

“Lockdown must not become limbo” - Sheffield mayor Dan Jarvis urges the government to provide a road map out of the Tier 3 restrictions.

“There has got to be a real danger that if these restrictions aren’t lifted very soon now there will be a lot of businesses that simply won’t reopen” - Tory MP Sir Graham Brady leads a backlash against the new rules from within the Conservative Party.

“Given the impact of this global pandemic on the economy, we have concluded that we can’t for the moment meet our target of spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA (official development assistance) and we will move to a target of 0.5% next year”

- Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says Britain cannot reach its foreign aid spending target.

“The part of our brain that controls pleasure responds quickly to the sight of a ‘bargain’, helping us experience a rush of excitement. Fearful of missing out on what we think is a good offer, this can lead us to make rash decisions” - Psychologist Cathrine Jansson-Boyd explains the science behind appealing Black Friday offers.