Leicester lockdown: City-wide restrictions 'not justified'

Sir Peter Soulsby said about 10% of the city's neighbourhoods 'have a higher transmission' of the virus. He said data should have been shared earlier so authorities could focus on 'preventing the transmission there'. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it 'makes no apology' for trying to reverse infection rates. Speaking on BBC Breakfast, the Leicester mayor said it had taken 'weeks' to 'finally get some useful data' from the government. He said: 'It's very clear when you look at the data it's a couple of areas of the city that have got a higher than average transmission of the virus. 'Certainly the way the city's been locked down in its entirety, and even beyond its boundaries, is not justified.'