UK PM Johnson to announce lockdown lifting plans

The positive news for GBP crosses is that PM Boris Johnson will address the nation about easing coronavirus restrictions on Monday at around 7pm GMT.

The PM will offer details about the government’s long-anticipated easing of the lockdown after holding meetings with senior ministers on Sunday to finalise the details.

He will then be presenting them to MPs in the Commons on Monday afternoon followed by a Downing Street briefing in the evening.

He is expected to say that schools will reopen on March 8 and will possibly tell people that they will also be able to meet one person from a different household for a coffee or a picnic outside.

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