In pictures: Some building sites still brimming with workers despite stark warnings from government

By Tom Lowe2020-03-24T12:03:00

Photos said to be from sites around the country including Hinkley Point C

Photos on Twitter show construction sites bustling with workers despite much of the rest of the country entering a state of lockdown.

Workers returned to sites this morning amid confusion following Boris Johnson’s address to the nation last night, in which he ordered the country to enter a state of lockdown but did not say if that applied to building sites.

Cabinet ministers, including communities secretary Robert Jenrick last night and Michael Gove this morning, clarified that sites could remain open.

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