The four Chief Medical Officers for the four nations of the UK agreed it should be reduced from Level 4 to Level 3. (Image: 10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty)That's because after a massive row over the alert level, the government claimed it doesn't actually make a difference to easing restrictions. So what is the alert level and what difference will today's announcement make to your life? That is down from level four, as the alert level had been since the system was set up in May. We know from the roadmap for easing lockdown, published on May 11, that the alert level is designed to "communicate the current level of risk clearly to the public".

Source: Daily Mirror June 19, 2020 10:17 UTC