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UK extends emergency coronavirus powers by 6 months

by Jill Lawless
| March 26, 2021 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers agreed Thursday to prolong coronavirus emergency measures for six months, allowing the Conservative government to keep its unprecedented powers to restrict U.K. citizens’ everyday lives.

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