Boris Johnson declares self-isolation laws are axed from Thursday and free Covid tests will go from April
Boris Johnson is laying out 'Living With Covid' plan including an end to the legal self-isolation requirement. Self-isolation is being dropped from Thursday along with state support payments and contact tracing.
Free Covid tests will go from April 1 for almost everyone despite anxiety from Tories about tracking outbreak. Labour and medics raised concerns legal underpinning being abandoned too soon to distract from Partygate. Cabinet meeting to sign off plan was delayed amid wrangling between Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak on testing
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