Lockdown tier list: Full list of all UK areas in Tier 3, Tier 2 and Tier 1
ENGLAND'S latest lockdown has been unveiled and Express.co.uk has a full list of the Tier 1, 2 and Tier 3 areas.
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Boris Johnson's Government has published its list outlining which parts of England will be in which tier. Areas in Tier 3 include Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds and Kent. A postcode checker on the Government website for people to determine which tier they would be in appeared to crash shortly after it went live - which infuriated Commons Leader Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
Speaking as Parliament opened on Thursday, he said it is "not acceptable" that news of the Government's postcode checker to find out what tier local areas are in was revealed in the media before Parliament.
Sir Lindsay added: "This House should be informed first we keep telling the Government that is the way that good government should treat and respect this chamber. It is not acceptable to put it online.
"The only good thing about the Government is it's crashed so it's not helpful, so might be that we do get the statement first."
He added: "This House should hear it first."
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The postcode checker revealed which areas would face the toughest restrictions in Tier 3 - including Manchester City, Leeds and Wolverhampton.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said in a written ministerial statement: "Thanks to the shared sacrifice of everyone in recent weeks, in following the national restrictions, we have been able to start to bring the virus back under control and slow its growth, easing some of the pressure on the NHS.
"We will do this by returning to a regional tiered approach, saving the toughest measures for the parts of the country where prevalence remains too high.
"The tiering approach provides a framework that, if used firmly, should prevent the need to introduce stricter national measures."
He added: "We must all dig deep, the end is in sight."
You can find the full list of areas below - or enter your postcode in this checker to find out the tier where you live.
Tier 1: Medium alert
Just 714,000 people, or 1.3% of the population, are in Tier 1.
In Tier 1, the rule of six applies indoors and outdoors, people are urged to work from home if they can and pubs are limited to table service.
South East
- Isle of Wight
South West
- Cornwall
- Isles of Scilly
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Tier 2: High alert
Some 32.2 million people (57.3% of the population) will be in Tier 2.
In Tier 2, the restrictions mean a ban on households mixing indoors and pubs, and restaurants only able to sell alcohol with a "substantial meal".
North West
- Cumbria
- Liverpool City Region
- Warrington and Cheshire
Yorkshire
- York
- North Yorkshire
West Midlands
- Worcestershire
- Herefordshire
- Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin
East Midlands
- Rutland
- Northamptonshire
East of England
- Suffolk
- Hertfordshire
- Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
- Norfolk
- Essex, Thurrock and Southend on Sea
- Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
London
- all 32 boroughs plus the City of London
South East
- East Sussex
- West Sussex
- Brighton and Hove
- Surrey
- Reading
- Wokingham
- Bracknell Forest
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- West Berkshire
- Hampshire (except the Isle of Wight), Portsmouth and Southampton
- Buckinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
South West
- South Somerset, Somerset West and Taunton, Mendip and Sedgemoor
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Dorset
- Bournemouth
- Christchurch
- Poole
- Gloucestershire
- Wiltshire and Swindon
- Devon
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Tier 3: Very High alert
A total of 23.3 million people in England, or 41.5% of the population, will be in Tier 3.
Tier 3 measures mean a ban on households mixing, except in limited circumstances such as parks.
Bars and restaurants will be limited to takeaway or delivery services and people will be advised to avoid travelling outside their area.
North East
- Tees Valley Combined Authority:
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Darlington
- North East Combined Authority:
- Sunderland
- South Tyneside
- Gateshead
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- County Durham
- Northumberland
North West
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire
- Blackpool
- Blackburn with Darwen
Yorkshire and The Humber
- The Humber
- West Yorkshire
- South Yorkshire
West Midlands
- Birmingham and Black Country
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
- Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull
East Midlands
- Derby and Derbyshire
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
- Leicester and Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
South East
- Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2: High alert)
- Kent and Medway
South West
- Bristol
- South Gloucestershire
- North Somerset