Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern Agenda Boris Johnson shattered hopes of a return to normal on June 21 when he announced a four-week delay to the final stage of easing lockdown.
Amid concerns that the Delta variant was spreading fast across the country, the prime minister decided to push back the final step of his roadmap to allow time for more people to get vaccinated.
Now, with just two weeks to go until his new 'terminus date' of July 19 - where do we stand? Ministers say the government continues to work towards lifting the final restrictions on the new date for step four of the roadmap - but Brits are eager to learn exactly what life will look like beyond July 19.
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