Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Boris Johnson has confirmed that the next easing of lockdown measures will take place next week.
In the Prime Minister's roadmap out of restrictions announced earlier in the year, step three was marked as being no earlier than May 17.
Whether this went ahead or not was based on meeting various government tests, which included: The latest data shows infection rates are at their lowest level since last September, and deaths and hospitalisations are at their lowest level since last July, which led today to the four UK Chief Medical Officers confirming that the UK COVID-19 alert level should move from level four to level three.
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