From April 12 at the earliest shops, hairdressers, nail salons, libraries, outdoor attractions and outdoor hospitality venues such as beer gardens will be allowed to reopen, the Government’s road map said.
Boris Johnson appeared in the House of Commons to announce the government's lockdown roadmap plan for England.
The government has said there will be various steps or stages taken to get England out of lockdown - with a few weeks in between each step.
The government has also revealed that schools in England will reopen on March 8, as planned.
The PM said children 'can safely return to face-to-face teaching' from this date.
Boris Johnson said the road map will “guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms”.
Making a statement in the Commons on the Government’s road map out of lockdown, the Prime Minister said: “The threat remains substantial with the numbers in hospital only now beginning to fall below the peak of the first wave in April.
“But we are able to take these steps because of the resolve of the British people and the extraordinary success of our NHS in vaccinating more than 17.5 million people across the UK.”
