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Ministers ‘torn' over lifting lockdown in May or extending until summer

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Government ministers are said to be torn over the length of lockdown restrictions imposed on the UK.On Thursday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced that the country would need to stay at home for a further three weeks.But there’s thought to be some disagreement in the Cabinet over whether lockdown restrictions should be lifted on May 8 or whether they should remain in place into June.The first scenario would mean restrictions are lifted earlier, in the hope it would cause much less damage to the economy – but would risk a second virus ‘peak’.But if lockdown is extended into early summer – it is expected to push numbers of coronavirus cases right down – but would risk further damage to the economy.It’s believed some ministers are

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