Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Many of the papers focus on government discussions over whether to impose further Covid restrictions in response to the Omicron variant.
Deputy PM Dominic Raab has defended a photo of Boris Johnson and others in the Downing Street garden last year at a time when there were limits on mixing.
The Mirror leads on the Queen’s decision to spend Christmas at Windsor Castle rather than take her usual trip to Sandringham.
The Sun says families and businesses are “in limbo” after the prime minister’s warning that he retains the right to bring in new rules to try to slow the Omicron variant.
Further restrictions are unlikely before Christmas after cabinet ministers urged the PM to hold out, The Guardian says.
Boris Johnson had a “tough call” over whether to introduce new rules to fight the spread of Omicron and surging COVID cases, according to the Daily Express.
Boris Johnson has delayed the introduction of new Covid restrictions in England, despite warnings from scientific advisers of a coming wave of infection threatening to overwhelm the NHS, leads the Independent.