Health secretary set to announce step 4 will take place in three weeks and not on 5 July
Sajid Javid is set to announce on Monday that England will wait another three weeks until the final easing of Covid restrictions.
In a statement to the Commons, the new health secretary is expected to confirm that step 4 of lockdown easing will take place on Monday 19 July – in line with the four-week delay from the original target, 21 June – and not Monday 5 July.