Just watching BBC News and it went on the .Gov site on Friday morning but the areas say they were not informed - the government say they were.
This is from the NewStatesman daily email.
This guidance was published on the government website on Friday evening, but with no accompanying announcement. Four days later, local health officials, councils and MPs for the areas have reacted with anger at the lack of notice before, or indeed after, these changes, unearthed by the team at the Manchester Evening News. The government is now facing accusations that it has been trying to impose local lockdowns by stealth.
It goes on to say So what's going on? MPs this morning are baffled by the whole thing, with one noting that ministers would have needed to approve the changes, but the fact that it has blindsided even local Conservative MPs suggests that sign-off didn't happen, or that something went wrong. While some MPs are wondering whether the advice was in fact published in error, Downing Street has said that the press conference on 14 May about the Indian coronavirus variant, which didn't contain specific guidance beyond urging caution, effectively amounted to an announcement of these changes.
They also highlight the fact that Hounslow is "beside" Gatwick Airport. Many see Gatwick as being in Hounslow. I doubt this government will stop all the "meeting indoors" at the airport or "avoid travelling in and out of affected areas" including the airport.
The article also says that MP's are clamouring for answers about the way this advice has been issued.
This government seems to have truly perfected making a sow's ear out of a silk purse!