Ministers fear Boris Johnson may delay the final stage of lockdown lifting in England potentially by as much as a month
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There is widespread pessimism across government over whether the prime minister will be able to give the green light to the fourth stage of unlocking on 21 June when he makes an announcement on Monday. The lockdown lifting plan, set out in February, suggested that"the government hopes to be in a position to remove all legal limits on social contact" by this date at the earliest.Number 10 insists Mr Johnson will not decide on whether to proceed until after the end of the G7 on Sunday night.Advertisement
Among the options are understood to be a delay of two or four weeks, with the most recent data pushing many in government to assume Mr Johnson will opt for four weeks.More on Covid-19
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