Nicola Sturgeon has gone further than Boris Johnson on the day both leaders announced eagerly anticipated and dreaded lockdown restrictions.

Both had taken part in a UK Government, Cobra emergencies meeting to discuss new measures to halt the rise in cases since lockdown was eased.

Both updated their respective parliaments before appearing on television to explain the new rules and why they were needed.

But apart from the pub curfew the rules in Scotland are very different than south of the border.

Mr Johnson revealed his changes for England first with a pub curfew and doubling of fines for not wearing a mask or breaching the rules on no more than six people gathering from two households at one time.

The Prime Minister told the House of Commons he wanted to avoid a full lockdown but said that needs people to change their behaviour.

He said: “Tens of thousands of new cases in October would lead to hundreds of daily deaths in November.”

He added: “This is the moment we must act.”

Two hours later Ms Sturgeon gave her statement and revealed the Scottish rules and guidance.

She said the rules announced by Boris Johnson would apply in Scotland but that she would go further with more restrictions.

Ms Sturgeon said: “I can confirm that we will introduce measures on hospitality similar to those outlined for England by the Prime Minister a short while ago - and thereby align as far as possible with the rest of the UK.”

Ms Sturgeon indicated that she would have gone further with pubs had she the means to put in place financial support.

She said any decision to close pubs and restaurants had to be balanced with protecting livelihoods.

The First Minister said: “If the Scottish Government had greater powers to borrow money, or the ability to extend the Job Retention Scheme, for example, it is possible that we would reach a different balance of judgment on some of these issues. But we don’t.”

The leaders also differed on the length of time the restrictions are likely to be in place.

Boris Johnson said that they will last six months and be in place well after Christmas.

Her also said that the military could be deployed to free up police officers to tackle coronavirus rulebreakers.

While Nicola Sturgeon said that by putting in place stricter restrictions now they may not need to be in place for as long.

She said: “By acting early and substantially, our hope is that these new measures will be in place for a shorter period than would be the case if we waited longer to act.

The First Minister said the advice given to her Cabinet by the Chief Medical Officer and the National Clinical Director for Scotland is that on its own the agreed UK measures are not enough.

She said: “They stress that we must act, not just quickly and decisively, but also on a scale significant enough to have an impact on the spread of the virus.”

She said: “By acting early and substantially, our hope is that these new measures will be in place for a shorter period than would be the case if we waited longer to act.”