The government is set to delay lockdown easing by four weeks after the planned June 21st date has been pushed back according to Government sources.
The BBC says they have received confirmed reports that senior ministers have signed off on the decision to delay the lifting of all legal restrictions on social contact.
That could mean capacity limits for sports, pubs and cinemas will remain, and nightclubs would stay closed.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to confirm the delay later at a news conference.
However, the extension will be put to a Commons vote this month and could trigger a sizeable Conservative backbench rebellion.
Health Minister Edward Argar said that he could not confirm the delay before the Prime Minister’s announcement, but that there was a “concerning increase” in cases of the Delta variant and numbers in hospital were “beginning to creep up”.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that ministers “don’t want to yo-yo in and out of measures”.
Not all lawmakers are happy with the restrictions, Steve Baker, the CRG deputy chairman, questioned how long the country could “fumble along” with restrictions that had such “devastating consequences” for both business and people’s mental health.
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