Prime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

In this Disability News Service article Andrew Lee, director of People First, said: “I don’t think the government should abandon the plans to relax the rules over the five days. People should take responsibility to stay safe and make their own decisions about who they meet up with, taking into account who is in the high-risk categories.”

He called on the government instead to stop “continually changing levels of restrictions”, which he said was “confusing and potentially dangerous, whether it’s Christmas or not” and had left people with learning difficulties “confused, frightened and isolated”.

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