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The Latest: UK accused of slyly imposing local lockdowns

| May 25, 2021 3:09 AM

LONDON — The British government has been accused of introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it introduced tighter restrictions for eight local areas in England that it says are hot spots for the coronavirus variant first identified in India.

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