Coronavirus: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wants lockdown exit strategy revealed this week

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Coronavirus: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer wants lockdown exit strategy revealed this week
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The Labour leader says millions of Britons who have stuck by the rules 'need a sense of what comes next'.

said that although millions of Britons had stuck to the rules, they"need a sense of what comes next".restrictions - brought in by the PM on 23 March - will come to an end.But a government source said:"Talk of an exit strategy before we have reached the peak risks confusing the critical message that people need to stay at home in order to protect our NHS and save lives."

Sir Keir said in his letter that Labour supported extending the lockdown, which the government is widely expected to do later this week.But he said:"The question for Thursday [when the decision is due to be announced] therefore is no longer about whether the lockdown should be extended, but about what the government's position is on how and when it can be eased in due course and on what criteria that decision will be taken.

"Ministers have argued that now is not the time to talk about this. I profoundly disagree. Overcoming this crisis requires taking the British public with you.

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