Non essential shops, personal care and gyms and the wider leisure sector will be able to reopen once lockdown ends it was confirmed earlier this week.
After some initial confusion whether this meant they would reopen on December 2 or 3, the Government's website has confirmed they will reopen on December 2.
The website has been updated with information about its COVID-19 Winter Plan and says: "The COVID-19 Winter Plan also sets out how we will lift national restrictions in England on 2 December.
"This is only possible because everyone’s efforts during the current restrictions in England have slowed the spread of the virus and eased the pressure on the NHS."
Regardless of what tier each part of the country is placed into from this date, the following changes will apply:
- the stay at home requirement will end, with travel being permitted again subject to guidance in each tier
- shops, personal care, gyms and the wider leisure sector will reopen
- collective worship, weddings and outdoor sports can resume
- people will no longer be limited to seeing only one other person in outdoor public spaces - the rule of 6 will now apply outdoors as it did in the previous set of tiers
