New UK Lockdown ‘A Real Kick in the Teeth’: Business Group Says

New UK Lockdown ‘A Real Kick in the Teeth’: Business Group Says
A pedestrian wears a mask as he walks past "Store Closing" signs in the window display of a Debenhams store in Manchester, northern England, on Dec. 2, 2020. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images
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The new CCP virus restrictions announced by the British government are “a real kick in the teeth” for the country’s already struggling businesses, the UK’s biggest business lobby group has said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Saturday that London and large swathes of Southeast England would enter “Tier 4” restrictions, which are broadly equivalent to the national lockdown in England in November.