Pubs and restaurants could reopen NEXT MONTH as Boris Johnson says roadmap is moving ‘faster than previously thought’
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Pubs could be allowed to reopen as early as next month, as the Prime Minister tonight gave Britons fresh hope of enjoying a drink in a beer garden this summer.
Boris Johnson tonight told MPs he hopes to allow watering holes and restaurants to re-open earlier July 4 – the date which has been set down in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown.
Pubs and restaurants have been closed across Britain since the government imposed the coronavirus lockdown at the end of March.
This evening, Mr Johnson told MPs on the Liaison Committee: ‘On hospitality… we are really trying to go as fast as we can.
‘It is really difficult to bring forward hospitality measures in a way that involves social distancing.
‘But I am much more optimistic about that than I was. We may be able to do things faster than I previously thought.’
Pubs could be allowed to reopen as early as next month, as the Prime Minister tonight gave Britons fresh hope of enjoying a drink in a beer garden this summer. Pictured: Boris Johnson appeared before the Liaison Committee this evening
Boris Johnson tonight told MPs he hopes to allow watering holes and restaurants to re-open earlier than July. Pictured: The Old House at Home pub close to West Wittering beach today