The government's plan to gradually lift lockdown could see the UK "broadly" back to normal by July, a draft roadmap reveals. English schools are set to reopen on March 8, followed by the first limited escape from lockdown measures in April. The government has repeatedly said schools are the number one priority and that no other lockdown measures would be lifted before they are open. Stage 3 - from AprilMarch 31 is the official date the current lockdown legislation for England ends and so MPs will have to approve any extension to lockdown rules after this date. The draft roadmap suggests traders will have to wait until at least Easter, in early April, before some lockdown measures affecting them are lifted.

Source: Daily Mirror February 17, 2021 01:11 UTC