Senior cabinet minister Michael Gove has confirmed that pubs, restaurants, and bars will be among the last businesses to come out of lockdown, as the government indicated the U.K. will begin to enter a phased withdrawal from full lockdown as the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) begins to flatten.

Speaking in west London yesterday, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster denied reports that schools would be reopening on the 11 May, but did suggest that the hospitality industry