Plans are being drawn up to relax certain curbs from later this month, regardless of the decision ministers will make on a complete unlocking of restrictions.
Plans are being drawn up to relax certain curbs from later this month, regardless of the decision ministers will make on a complete unlocking of restrictions.
Communities Secretary said people should not make plans until you have heard from the PM , despite many weddings being in the calendar for months. Pressure is building to delay easings.
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Birmingham, Sefton in Merseyside, Nottingham and Central Bedfordshire are all yet to be added to the list
It comes after Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick today hinted June 21 unlocking may be pushed back
Chris Hopson, chief of NHS Providers which represents hospitals across England, said that patients are younger, easier to treat and less likely to die than in earlier waves of the pandemic.