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The UK's first local lockdown, in Leicester, is due to be relaxed next week Image caption: The UK's first local lockdown, in Leicester, is due to be relaxed next week

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said new regulations allowing central government to impose local lockdowns will be published next week.

He said they will allow ministers, "where justified by the evidence", to close whole industries or types of business in an area, introduce local stay-at-home orders, stop people entering or leaving specific areas, reduce the maximum gathering size, or restrict local transport.

In a series of Twitter posts , Mr Johnson said the strategy of "targeted, local action" is "already working".

He pointed to outbreaks contained in Weston-super-Mare and Kirklees, work to tackle rising infections in Bradford and Blackburn, and the local lockdown in Leicester, which is due to be relaxed next week.

But he said new powers given to local councils today to rapidly tackle local outbreaks "will not always be sufficient".

The prime minister acknowledged that "it may seem unjust that people just a short distance away can live their lives closer to normal", but he said "there is no point shutting down a city in one part of the country to contain an outbreak in another part of the country".