Don't miss a thing that's happening in and around Bury by signing up to the free MyBury newsletter Matt Hancock has gone, Sajid Javid has been installed as health secretary - and it now appears we're on a faster track to freedom.
With the population now expected to be released almost fully from a raft of restrictions on July 19, the tone from government has changed with what feels like head-spinning rapidity.
Mr Javid said this week he wanted restrictions to be lifted ‘as quickly as possible’ - and irreversibly. And Professor Chris Whitty, chief medical officer for England, is reported to have backed the move, calling on the Government to open up the country as much as possible for summer on the basis that Covid cases are not translating to
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