The UK will "soon" be in a position to lower the level of lockdown restrictions - as long as the rate of infection falls, a cabinet minister said.
Business Secretary Alok Sharma told the public that the country is moving toward level three on the five-tier Covid alert system - which would see some of the strictest measures reduced.
Since the lockdown was put in place on March 23, it has been in level four - meaning the threat is classed as "severe". Level three means it is classed as "substantial".
But Mr Sharma warned that bringing the country back to normal must be done in "careful steps" in order to avoid a second peak of cases.