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Covid-19: Sajid Javid defends Plan B rule changes amid No 10 party row

Covid19 Sajid Javid defends Plan B rule changes amid No 10 party row
The health secretary says new rules will buy time against Omicron and denies ministers have lost public trust.

Responding to criticisms from Tory MPs that the new restrictions were a diversion from the allegations against the government, and that the row had undermined trust, Mr Javid told BBC Breakfast: "My job is to do the right thing, led by the evidence."

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