Crisis Before Christmas (with Karin Smyth MP)

Karin Smyth, Labour's shadow health and social care minister, wants clarity from Boris Johnson on omicron measures such as school closures. If the Government had acted sooner on the new variant the U.K. wouldn't be revisiting the trauma of last year with another crisis days before Christmas, she tells Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts.Plus Emma McClarkin, CEO of the British Beer and Pub Association, says restrictions have undermined consumer confidence. She wants the Government to provide extra support as pubs might not make it through leaner winter months.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.