UK Minister Defends Government’s Decision to Shelve Short Lockdown Advice

UK Minister Defends Government’s Decision to Shelve Short Lockdown Advice
Britain's Housing, Communities, and Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick arrives at Number 10 Downing Street, in central London on March 17, 2020. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
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A UK minister on Tuesday defended the government’s decision not to impose a short national lockdown after a released document revealed that it had shelved scientific advice to impose “circuit-breaker” restrictions.

Robert Jenrick, the minister for housing, communities, and local government, said the UK government has to “take a balanced judgment,” after the Labour shadow health secretary said he was “alarmed” by the revelation.

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