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If you're self-employed or a member of a partnership and have been impacted by coronavirus (COVID-19) you may be eligible to claim the grant.

You must make your claim on or before 29 January 2021.

To make a claim for the third grant your business must have been impacted by coronavirus on or after 1 November 2020.

You can make a claim for the third grant if you’re eligible, even if you did not make a claim for the first or second.

More information: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-self-employment-income-support-scheme
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A summary guide outlining what the coronavirus (COVID-19) Health Protection regulations from 27 November 2020 will mean for you is available to download.

This page sets out the full list of local restriction tiers by area from Wednesday 2 December 2020.

Tier 1: Medium alert

South East

Isle of Wight

South West

Cornwall
Isles of Scilly

Tier 2: High alert

North West

Cumbria
Liverpool City Region
Warrington and Cheshire

Yorkshire

York
North Yorkshire

West Midlands

Worcestershire
Herefordshire
Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

East Midlands

Rutland
Northamptonshire

East of England

Suffolk
Hertfordshire
Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
Norfolk
Essex, Thurrock and Southend on Sea
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes

London

all 32 boroughs plus the City of London

South East

East Sussex
West Sussex
Brighton and Hove
Surrey
Reading
Wokingham
Bracknell Forest
Windsor and Maidenhead
West Berkshire
Hampshire (except the Isle of Wight), Portsmouth and Southampton
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire

South West

South Somerset, Somerset West and Taunton, Mendip and Sedgemoor
Bath and North East Somerset
Dorset
Bournemouth
Christchurch
Poole
Gloucestershire
Wiltshire and Swindon
Devon

Tier 3: Very High alert

North East

Tees Valley Combined Authority:
- Hartlepool
- Middlesbrough
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Darlington
North East Combined Authority:
- Sunderland
- South Tyneside
- Gateshead
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Tyneside
- County Durham
- Northumberland

North West

Greater Manchester
Lancashire
Blackpool
Blackburn with Darwen

Yorkshire and The Humber

The Humber
West Yorkshire
South Yorkshire

West Midlands

Birmingham and Black Country
Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull

East Midlands

Derby and Derbyshire
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Leicester and Leicestershire
Lincolnshire

South East

Slough (remainder of Berkshire is tier 2: High alert)
Kent and Medway

South West

Bristol
South Gloucestershire
North Somerset

Find out more information on tiers, including what you can and cannot do in each tier.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/full-list-of-local-restriction-tiers-by-area
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A series of posters displaying information about the various tiers of restrictions in England from 2 December 2020.

Very High: COVID-19_Tier_3_Very_High_Poster

High: COVID-19_Tier_Posters_2020_FInal_High

Medium: COVID-19_Tier_1_Medium_Poster

Find out the COVID protection level for each local area and get information on what you can and cannot do at each level.

Local authority area	Protection level
Aberdeen City	Level 2
Aberdeenshire	Level 2
Angus	Level 3
Argyll and Bute	Level 2
Clackmannanshire	Level 3
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Level 1
Dumfries and Galloway	Level 2
Dundee City	Level 3
East Ayrshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
East Dunbartonshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
East Lothian	Level 2
East Renfrewshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
Edinburgh (City of)	Level 3
Falkirk	Level 3
Fife	Level 3
Glasgow City	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
Highland	Level 1
Inverclyde	Level 3
Midlothian	Will remain at Level 3 - find out more.
Moray	Level 1
North Ayrshire	Level 3
North Lanarkshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
Orkney Islands	Level 1
Perth and Kinross	Level 3
Renfrewshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
Scottish Borders	Level 2
Shetland Islands	Level 1
South Ayrshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
South Lanarkshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
Stirling	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
West Dunbartonshire	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.
West Lothian	Level 4 until 6pm on 11 December.

These levels are reviewed weekly. See how we decided which level should apply to each area.

As the firebreak ends in Wales, First Minister Mark Drakeford today asked everyone to think about how they can protect their families from the virus.

A new set of national measures will come into force today, replacing the firebreak regime. But people’s actions will be more important in controlling the spread of the virus than rules and regulations in the weeks and months ahead.

The new national measures include:

People will only be able to meet people who are part of their ‘bubble’ in their own home; only 2 households will be able to form a ‘bubble’. If one person from either household develops symptoms, everyone should immediately self-isolate.
People will be able to meet in groups of up to 4 people (not including any children aged under 11) in regulated indoor places, such as hospitality – bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants. No alcohol can be served in any of these venues between 10pm and 6am, and where premises have a licence to sell alcohol they will have to close at 10.20pm.
As part of keeping our risks to a minimum, people should avoid non-essential travel as much as possible. There will be no legal restrictions on travel within Wales for residents, but people can only travel into and out of Wales with a reasonable excuse.
Up to 15 people can take part in an organised indoors activity (such as an exercise class – where a responsible body is managing the event) and up to 30 in an organised activity outdoors, providing all social distancing, hand hygiene and other covid safety measures are followed.

In addition:

All childcare facilities, schools, further education colleges, work-based learning and adult learning providers can return to the same model of operation as before the firebreak. Universities can continue to provide a combination of in-person teaching and blended learning.
Places of worship can resume services.
All retail businesses can reopen, including close-contact services such as hair dressers/barbers and beauty salons.
Sport and leisure facilities, including gyms and swimming pools, can reopen, but the operators must take all reasonable measures to manage risk and maintain physical distancing;
Entertainment venues can reopen. These include cinemas, bowling alleys, skating rinks, museums, galleries, bingo halls, casinos and amusement arcades, but theatres and concert halls, nightclubs and sexual entertainment venues are still required to be closed.
Local authority services can resume based on local circumstances.
Home viewings and home moves are allowed.
Visits to care homes will be permitted, subject to local circumstances.

All premises re-opening will still be required to take all reasonable measures to minimise the risks of spreading the virus. This includes measures to ensure 2 metre social distancing is observed, as well as other measures, such as restricting numbers, implementing one-way systems or limiting the time people can remain on the premises.

Everyone is also being urged to follow the basics at all times – maintain social distancing; washing their hands often and wearing a face mask indoor public places. People will also be asked to work from home whenever possible.