UK coronavirus live: MPs to vote on lockdown after daily death toll is highest since April

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6.52pm GMT

Ahead of the retrospective vote to approve the lockdown measures, Ian Paisley, the DUP MP for North Antrim, said:

I have consistently voted against these restrictions because I will not be dragged behind the banner-wavers that take us into this cul-de-sac that we have been marched into...I don’t actually believe the secretary of state (for health) does have certainty that can be relied upon in terms of this virus ... When this lockdown drags on through February and into March, and it still hasn’t worked, what’s the Government going to do for its encore, what’s next?

6.46pm GMT

Hello everyone, this is Yohannes Lowe. I’ll be taking over the blog now and will be providing updates on the Commons lockdown vote from 7pm. Please feel free to drop me a message on Twitter if you have any coverage suggestions.

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