Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Plans for the Prime Minister to set out the future of the one-metre plus social distancing rule may now be delayed beyond the end of the month.
Boris Johnson previously said that by the end of May, he would make an announcement on rules such as putting up plastic screens and sitting facing away from each other to reduce the risk of coronavirus could be relaxed, in order to give businesses adequate notice.
But his spokesman on Monday has said that as the decision is based on the latest scientific data, they're currently unable to reach an answer amid the surge of the Indian variant.