Matt Hancock says freedom will return ‘one day’ in biggest hint yet June 21 WILL be delayed
MATT Hancock fuelled fears June 21 will be delayed this afternoon with a comfortless assurance that lockdown will end "one day soon".will go ahead in two weeks time - but it risks being blown off course by the Indian variant.Downing Street today reiterated there remains "nothing in the data" that gives Boris Johnson reason to slam the brakes on his roadmap.struck a gloomier tone in the Commons ahead of a firm decision about whether to press ahead next week.
He said: "The jabs are working, we have to keep coming forward to get them and that includes vitally that second jab which we know gives better protection against the Delta variant."2Last week Portugal was relegated to the red list for fear of a fresh Nepal mutation. He said: "The biggest challenge, and the reason this is so difficult, is that a variant that undermines the vaccine effort obviously would undermine the return to domestic freedom and that has to be protected at all costs."
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