Six friends – or two households – will be allowed to meet outside from Easter as the government takes a more cautious approach to lockdown easing, writes The Guardian. All the details can be found here.
The government’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty has objected to the prime minister’s plans to ease lockdown in the coming weeks, according to reports in The Guardian.
The Guardian leads with Facebook’s news ban in Australia, adding the Silicon Valley giant has come under fire across the globe over its decision.
The Guardian reports that coronavirus cases in England have fallen by two-thirds in a month, but the virus is now spreading fastest among primary-aged children and young people, according to the latest scientific study.
Nearly two million more people have been told to shield as research confirmed deprived and minority ethnic groups are at higher risk of the virus, The Guardian reports.
The Guardian leads with a story about the prime minister’s former senior aide, Dominic Cummings, who has told a judge he did not ask for a company to be given a government contract because bosses there were his “friends”. Read more here.
The prime minister is resisting calls for an end to the coronavirus lockdown by May, according to The Guardian.
Thousands of vulnerable people in the UK are at risk of being overlooked for vaccination amid confusion over who is to be included in the crucial next wave of the programme, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian leads on the government’s road-building plans, saying Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has ignored the legal requirement to factor in environmental concerns, throwing them into doubt.
The prime minister has been accused of betraying leaseholders after a new fund to fix unsafe cladding was revealed to have left many still facing financial ruin – that’s on the front of The Guardian.