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City Hall on the first day of the new national lockdown. Getty Images
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A quiet Trafalgar Square in London. Getty Images
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England today began a second national lockdown to curb a surge in Covid-19 cases, closing pubs, restaurants and an array of shops deemed non-essential. Getty Images
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Trains at Waterloo Station. The new rules, which will expire on 2 December, also ban most indoor and outdoor household mixing and grass-roots sports. Getty Images
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Fog shrouds the Shard and the view towards the Canary Wharf business district. Unlike the first lockdown earlier this year, schools in England will remain open. Getty Images
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People walk through Hyde Park. Getty Images
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Sports pitches near the Barbican. Getty Images
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The Bank of England in the City of London's Square Mile. Getty Images
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A quiet Oxford Circus. Getty Images
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Fog shrouds the Canary Wharf business district. Getty Images
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A quiet Piccadilly Circus. Getty Images
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City Hall on the first day of the new national lockdown. Getty Images
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A quiet Trafalgar Square in London. Getty Images
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England today began a second national lockdown to curb a surge in Covid-19 cases, closing pubs, restaurants and an array of shops deemed non-essential. Getty Images
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Trains at Waterloo Station. The new rules, which will expire on 2 December, also ban most indoor and outdoor household mixing and grass-roots sports. Getty Images
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Fog shrouds the Shard and the view towards the Canary Wharf business district. Unlike the first lockdown earlier this year, schools in England will remain open. Getty Images
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People walk through Hyde Park. Getty Images
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Sports pitches near the Barbican. Getty Images
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The Bank of England in the City of London's Square Mile. Getty Images
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A quiet Oxford Circus. Getty Images
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Fog shrouds the Canary Wharf business district. Getty Images
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A quiet Piccadilly Circus. Getty Images
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City Hall on the first day of the new national lockdown. Getty Images
Lockdowns will further widen political divisions in the West
On matters ranging from Covid-19 to vaccination to the economy, there is a breakdown of public trust in government
07 November, 2020
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