People across the country are worried that new lockdown rules could affected support bubble they created.
Boris Johnson announced a national lockdown on Monday night with advice that people should start following the rules immediately.
The restrictions will become law in the early hours of Wednesday morning as more and more guidance comes to light.
This includes the rules surrounding support bubbles with the Prime Minister saying that rules here will stay the same.
According to the guidance, you are permitted to leave your home to visit your support bubble and to stay overnight with them.
However, if you form a support bubble, it is best if this is with a household who live locally.
This will help prevent the virus spreading from an area where more people are infected.
If you live in a household with anyone aged under 14, you can form a childcare bubble.
This allows friends or family from one other household to provide informal childcare.
You must not meet socially with your childcare bubble, and must avoid seeing members of your childcare and support bubbles at the same time.
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Who can make a support bubble
Not everybody can form a support bubble. However, on 2 December the rules changed to widen eligibility for forming one.
You can form a support bubble with another household of any size if:
- you live by yourself – even if carers visit you to provide support
- you are the only adult in your household who does not need continuous care as a result of a disability
- your household includes a child who is under the age of one or was under that age on 2 December 2020
- your household includes a child with a disability who requires continuous care and is under the age of 5, or was under that age on 2 December 2020
- you are aged 16 or 17 living with others of the same age and without any adults
- you are a single adult living with one or more children who are under the age of 18 or were under that age on 12 June 2020
You should not form a support bubble with a household that is part of another support bubble.
