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COBRA to meet today over UK coronavirus lockdown - as extension looks inevitable

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The government's emergency committee will meet today over the coronavirus lockdown as Britain braces for a long extension to the rules.

Boris Johnson's deputy will lead a COBRA summit with the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish governments ahead of an April 16 deadline to review restrictions across the UK.

There will be no review or decision on continuing the lockdown at this afternoon's meeting - because the evidence it's based on only arrives next week.

But Dominic Raab is expected to make clear tonight that there is no end in sight to the lockdown - as coronavirus has not even hit its peak in the UK.

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