The UK government has been sharply criticised after publishing a “rehashed” economic analysis of its tier-based Covid-19 restrictions, which offered “very little” new information ahead of a crunch vote by MPs.

Mel Stride, chair of Parliament’s Treasury Committee and one of MPs’ key watchdogs on the government’s economic plans, said he had requested a full economic analysis of the impact of the tier-based restrictions “on a number of occasions” and found the new report “frustrating”.