Which areas are in tier 4: Full list
New level of tier restrictions introduced
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Your support makes all the difference.Matt Hancock has announced new parts of the country will enter new tier 4 restrictions, citing the new rapidly spreading variant of coronavirus.
Read more: Tier 4 rules and restrictions explained
The Health Secretary outlined a number of areas in the east and south of England that will move into the top tier on Boxing Day and has left only one part of the country in the most lenient rules.
Here is the full list of areas that are in tier 4 and those that will move into it on Boxing Day:
East of England
Bedford, Central Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes
some local authorities in Essex (Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Epping Forest, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock)
some local authorities in Hertfordshire (Broxbourne, Hertsmere, Three Rivers and Watford)
Peterborough
Suffolk (from Boxing Day)
Norfolk (from Boxing Day)
London
All 32 boroughs plus the City of London
South East
Berkshire (Bracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham)
Buckinghamshire
Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth
Hastings and Rother
Hertfordshire
Kent and Medway
Surrey
Sussex (from Boxing Day)
Oxfordshire (from Boxing Day)
Parts of Essex not in Tier 4 (from Boxing Day)
Portsmouth (from Boxing Day)
Southampton (from Boxing Day)
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