The prime minister is due to outline his plans to parliament for the reopening of pubs, restaurants, hotels and hairdressers.
But both Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her counterpart in Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster, are considering a reduction.
A Number 10 spokesperson said:"The reason we are able to move forward this week is because the vast majority of people have taken steps to contain the virus."We will not hesitate to put the handbrake on to stop the virus running out of control."lockdown further from 4 July.Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sunday, he said this could include pubs and restaurants reopening - as well as people being able to get haircuts again.
"We're clearly on track for that plan because of the number of cases coming down and the plan does refer to hospitality and some of the other things that are closed that so many people want to see open," Mr Hancock said. On pubs, the health secretary said ministers were looking at a number of measures to ensure it is"safe" for them to reopen."That's the sort of thing we're looking at for how do you make it safe to open things," Mr Hancock told Ridge.
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