As you will have heard, the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, announced yesterday that the whole of London will move into the "high alert" or Tier 2 category of coronavirus restrictions as of 00:01 tonight, ie. Saturday 17 October.
Along with other London MPs, I was offered a short briefing call with the Care Minister and officials ahead of the announcement in Parliament yesterday morning. The data we were shown on infection rates and growing hospitalisation rates across the city were stark.