Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Boris Johnson will hold a Downing Street press conference this afternoon to confirm the final stage of his roadmap out of lockdown.
The Prime Minister is set to warn that coronavirus case numbers will rise as the final lockdown restrictions are lifted from July 19.
Speaking ahead of today's briefing, the prime minister said England is “tantalisingly close” to restoring its freedoms. But he warned that "the plan to restore our freedoms must come with a warning". “While the phenomenal vaccine rollout has offered every adult some protection against the virus, and the crucial link between cases, hospitalisations and deaths is weakened, the global pandemic is not over yet," he said. “Cases
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