Revealed: When Brits will find out if June 21 Freedom Day will move
Mr Hancock was gloomy about the prospects of June 21 going ahead, insisting the Government is "absolutely open" to a delay.
Senior backbencher John Redwood told The Sun: "They should stick to the plan. Deaths and serious case numbers are well down.Sir Desmond Swayne accused ministers of “wasting the advantages afforded by the success of vaccinations”. “It is not to delay the lifting of lockdown, with the attendant damage to people's mental and physical wellbeing and to the economy.”
UK Hospitality boss Kate Nicholls said: "It is crucial that the Government commits to dropping of restrictions on June 21. Even if restrictions are lifted face masks, social distancing and advice on working from home are unlikely to be lifted on June 21 amid concern over the Indian variant,The Health Secretary told Marr the variant - now officially known as the Delta variant - had made the decisions behind the unlocking "more difficult".
Meanwhile, the president of the Academy of Medical Sciences said that the next week will be "absolutely critical" in looking at data on infections in the UK.
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