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We need less rule following and more working together to work out what is the best way to minimise risk to people around you'

Health psychologist Lucy Yardley on how to help people obey changing coronavirus rules

With more restrictions in many parts of the UK introduced this week, how can the public be encouraged to stick to the rules? Professor Lucy Yardley, a health psychologist and member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, told Nick Robinson that confusion had become a problem when it came to obeying Covid-19 rules. She said: "I think it is a real problem that people are trying to follow top-down rules that are changing all the time and are different in different places and in different organisations." With reporting from the 91热爆's Dominic Casciani. Later the Business Secretary Alok Sharma told Martha Kearney the media is engaging in a "gotcha" style of journalism when defending Boris Johnson for not knowing the rules on socialising in the north east of England.

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