Brits could return to work on May 26 under the Prime Minister's plan to ease lockdown measures, reports suggest. The Tuesday following the late May bank holiday has been highlighted as a possible date for offices, factories and some shops to re-open, according to the Sun.
This would allow businesses to get ready to bring in new social distancing measures for workers, such as screens and spaces between desks, designed to prevent any further spread of coronavirus.
However, the date could be pushed back if the number of infections has not fallen to a manageable level by this point, the newspaper claims.
A Downing Street source told the paper last night that the exact timing is "very much a live conversation". For the latest on the