Yesterday our Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined the roadmap that will guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms - while doing all we can to protect people against Covid.
We are setting out on what we hope and believe is a one-way road to freedom.
The threat of coronavirus remains substantial, with the numbers in hospital only now beginning to fall below the peak of the first wave in April.
However due to the extraordinary pace of our vaccine rollout, the protection afforded by the vaccines will gradually be able to replace restrictions.
