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House of Commons speaker slams government for announcing lockdown changes before MPs told
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The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has told MPs he thinks it is “totally unacceptable” that the government will be holding a press conference this evening on expected changes to the Covid roadmap timetable before informing the House of Commons.
Boris Johnson is giving a Downing Street press conference at 6pm - two-and-a-half hours before his Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, will answer MPs'
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