More lockdown rules are being relaxed on Monday in Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown FROM Monday, the third major loosening of Covid lockdown restrictions will come into force, as more freedoms return after months stuck at home. Earlier this week the Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown would come into force on Monday, May 17, as planned. It will come five weeks after Step 2, when shops and hairdressers could reopen, pubs and restaurants reopened with outdoor service, and more. Before that was the second part of Step 1 on March 29, when outdoor organised sport returned, the Rule of Six was back, and the 'stay at home' rule was binned.