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UK opposition calls for government's lockdown exit plan

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The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party has urged the government to set out how it plans to end the coronavirus lockdown, both to give people hope and avoid "mistakes" of the past.

Keir Starmer said Labour would support the government's expected decision tomorrow to renew a stay-at-home order imposed three weeks ago to stem the spread of Covid-19.

He said this was necessary while the death toll kept rising, reaching more than 12,000 so far, making the UK one of the worst affected countries in the global pandemic.

But he called on ministers to explain within a week their plan for easing restrictions, both to reassure the public and to give politicians time to scrutinise it properly. Read:Latest coronavirus stories "People need

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