Health secretary Matt Hancock says the government will have to take more "stringent actions" if the public does not follow the basic safety rules laid out to help manage the pandemic.

He said Britain is at a 'tipping point', as the government meets to discuss potential lockdown restrictions due to a second Covid-19 wave looming.

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