Away from the Westminster drama, new cases of Covid-19 in the UK on Wednesday (26 May) hit more than 3,000 for the first time in six weeks raising further worries about the spread of the Indian variant of the disease.
Concerns about this variant has also led France to introduce tighter restrictions on UK arrivals from next week after Germany and Austria also took steps to limit travel from the UK.
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