BREAKING: Boris Johnson to make announcement at 6pm as freedom day set for delay
The prime minister is expected to announce that England’s final stage of easing restrictions will be pushed back at a press briefing later today.He will be joined by England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance to set out which restrictions – if any – will be lifted from next week.
It is expected that he will announce a four-week delay to so-called ‘Freedom Day’ in a bid to tackle a surge in cases of the Delta variant.Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at
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