The Times, like most of the papers, leads with Boris Johnson’s confirmation of a major easing of coronavirus restrictions next Monday.It says hugs will be allowed for the first time in more than a year, pubs and restaurants can serve inside, cinemas and theatres can reopen, and five people will be able to visit care home residents.However, it adds that the PM has urged people not to “throw caution to the wind”.
The planning system faces its biggest overhaul in 70 years, The Times says, as the prime minister announces plans to relax rules on building new homes.
The Times says the Conservatives’ series of historic victories means Boris Johnson is eyeing up a decade in power – with the PM vowing to embark on a “massive project” of levelling up the country. Some cabinet ministers have suggested that Mr Johnson could outlast Margaret Thatcher, who was in Downing Street for 11 years.
The Bank of England says Britain is on course for its strongest year of economic growth since the Second World War as households spend their lockdown savings and businesses step up investment, according to The Times.
The Times says Boris Johnson deployed Navy patrol boats to the Channel Islands over fears French fishermen were planning to blockade Jersey’s main port.
The Times has covered the way the country remembered those lost in the 12 months since Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s first coronavirus lockdown.
Social distancing is to be scrapped, but mask rules will remain, according to a report in The Times.
Social distancing is to be scrapped, but mask rules will remain, according to a report in The Times.
Family and friends will be allowed to hug in just over a fortnight under the first significant easing of social distancing restrictions, The Times writes. The front page also shows 3,000 people filling a warehouse in Liverpool for the UK’s first legal nightclub opening in a year – a trial event where everyone had to produce a negative test before entry.
The Conservatives have extended their polling lead over Labour before the local elections despite the furore surrounding Boris Johnson’s flat refurbishment and allegations of sleaze, reports The Times.