Pubs and restaurants should have flexibility on two-metre rule, says former Tory leader

Coronavirus: Pubs and restaurants should get flexibility on 2m rule to 'get economy moving', says former Tory leader

The former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called on Boris Johnson to start getting the economy moving again and consider relaxing the two-metre social distancing rule in pubs, restaurants and bars.

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