The new regime, outlined in a page document , expires at the end of March and puts areas in England into one of three tiers once the four-week national lockdown across England ends on 2 December. While the three-tier system is broadly the same as before the lockdown, Johnson said restrictions in many areas would be tougher.
Under the plan, non-essential shops in all areas can reopen, as can gyms, hairdressers and other personal care businesses, with the formal instruction to stay at home coming to an end. In tier 1, the rule of six will be the same both indoors and outdoors, allowing people from across households to see each other indoors. In tiers 2 and 3, such meetings will only be allowed outdoors, and in the top tier, this can only happen in parks or public gardens.
In the two higher levels, no household mixing will be permitted inside, beyond the expected relaxation of rules over Christmas. Places of worship will also open and weddings will be allowed within local restrictions. Limited and socially distanced numbers of spectators will also be allowed at both indoor and outdoor sports events, although not in the most stringent tier.
Downing Street has also confirmed the change to the previous 10pm closing time for pubs and restaurants. Instead, they must stop serving at 10pm, but people can stay until up to 11pm, to stagger departures times and avoid overcrowding. Until then, the PM said, there would be a three-pronged approach of "tough tiering, mass community testing, and [the] roll-out of vaccines".
Describing how the tiers had become tougher, the PM said:. Where pubs and restaurants are allowed to open, last orders will now be at 10pm, with drinkers allowed a further hour to finish their drinks. Indoor performances - such as those at the theatre - will also return in the lower two tiers, although with reduced capacity.
In terms of households mixing, in tier one a maximum of six people can meet indoors or outdoors; in tier two, there is no mixing of households indoors, and a maximum of six people can meet outdoors; and in tier three - the toughest tier - household mixing is not allowed indoors, or in most outdoor places. In all tiers, exceptions apply for support bubbles. From 2 December, parents with babies under the age of one can form a support bubble with another household.
Mr Johnson said the tiers would now be a uniform set of rules , with no negotiations on additional measures for any particular region. Measures in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland continue to be decided by the devolved administrations, but a joint approach to Christmas, involving all four nations, will be set out later in the week. The prime minister said: "I can't say that Christmas will be normal this year, but in a period of adversity time spent with loved ones is even more precious for people of all faiths and none.
For the third week running we have had some positive vaccine news, but the announcement about the toughened tiers is a reminder, if we needed any, that the next few months will be tough.
Ministers and advisers have been hinting for the past week that the tiers will be toughened - and that is exactly what has happened. Attention will now naturally turn to which areas will be in which tiers. Deciding that is a complex equation that will take into account whether the cases are going up or down, the percentage of tests that are positive, hospital pressures and infection rates among older age groups. To give a flavour of how complex this is places in the North West and Yorkshire have some of the highest rates but they are falling the fastest.
London and the South East have lower rates and more hospital capacity but cases are going up. Fine judgements will have to be made.
We will find out on Thursday. Mr Johnson also announced changes to sport for both spectators and participants. While elite sport has continued behind closed doors during the lockdown, grassroots and amateur sport has been halted since 5 November. Decisions on which area goes into which tier are primarily based on 5 key epidemiological indicators:. The indicators are designed to provide a full picture of what is happening with the virus in any area so that suitable action can be taken.
Find out more information on tiers , including what you can and cannot do in each tier. Update to areas that will be moving tiers on Thursday 31 December. Update to areas that will be moving tiers on 26 December.
Updated to reflect movement of areas between tiers that took effect at on Saturday 19 December. Updated with areas that will move into Tier 3 from 16 December.
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