On 19th December the UK Government announced stricter measures to slow the spread of Covid-19 in certain areas of the country.
New measures included introducing a new ‘Tier 4’ to advise people to stay at home, and to change measures that previously supported easing of restrictions over the Christmas period.
Areas that will move from Tier 3 to Tier 4
London
- All 32 London boroughs plus City of London
South East
- Kent and Medway
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead and West Berkshire)
- Surrey (excluding Waverley)
- Hastings and Rother
- Havant, Gosport and Portsmouth
East of England
- Hertfordshire
- Essex (excluding Tendring, Uttlesford and Colchester)
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton
- Peterborough
Tier 1: Medium alert
South East
- Isle of Wight
South West
- Cornwall
- Isles of Scilly
West Midlands
- Herefordshire
Tier 2: High alert
East of England
- Cambridgeshire
- Some local authorities in Essex (Colchester, Tendring and Uttlesford)
- Norfolk
- Suffolk
East Midlands
- Northamptonshire
- Rutland
North West
- Cumbria
- Liverpool City Region
- Warrington and Cheshire
South East
- West Sussex, East Sussex (except Hastings and Rother) and Brighton and Hove
- Oxfordshire
- Waverley
- Southampton and Hampshire (all local authorities except Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth)
South West
- Bristol
- North Somerset
- Somerset (South Somerset, Somerset West and Taunton, Mendip and Sedgemoor), Bath and North East Somerset
- Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay
- Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, Cotswold, Forest of Dean, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury)
- Wiltshire and Swindon
West Midlands
- Shropshire, and Telford and Wrekin
- Worcestershire
Yorkshire
- City of York and North Yorkshire
Tier 3: Very High alert
East Midlands
- Derby and Derbyshire
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
North East
- North East Combined Authority (this area includes the local authorities of County Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland)
- North of Tyne Combined Authority (this area includes the local authorities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland)
- Tees Valley Combined Authority (this area includes the local authorities of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees)
North West
- Greater Manchester
- Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool
South West
- South Gloucestershire
West Midlands
- Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton
- Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
- Warwickshire,
- Coventry
- Solihull
Yorkshire and The Humber
- The Humber: East Riding of Yorkshire
- Kingston upon Hull/Hull
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- South Yorkshire (Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotheram, Sheffield)
- West Yorkshire (Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield)
Tier 4: Stay at Home
London
- All 32 London boroughs plus City of London
South East
- Kent and Medway
- Buckinghamshire
- Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead and West Berkshire)
- Surrey (excluding Waverley)
- Hastings and Rother
- Havant, Gosport and Portsmouth
East of England
- Hertfordshire
- Essex (excluding Tendring, Uttlesford and Colchester)
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Milton Keynes, Luton
- Peterborough
