Nadhim Zahawi faced a barrage of angry questions from Labour MPs, after it emerged that new restrictions had been imposed on Bolton, Blackburn, Kirklees, Bedford, Burnley, Leicester, Hounslow and North Tyneside on the quiet.

Mohammad Yasin, Labour MP for Bedford, said the Government "sneaked" his constituency into a local lockdown.

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