Calls are growing for the government to end lockdown

Here are urgent five reforms @PaulNuki
says ministers should put in place now to make spring and summer bearable, profitable and safe in pandemic Britain

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Current infection levels and the new variant of the virus mean busy shops, restaurants and bars are not going to be safe anytime soon

The answer is to allow those businesses to make much better use of the low risk, outside space that surrounds them

Last year staycation demand was more muted but even then the nation’s existing overnight facilities were quickly booked out

Ministers must move now to clear bureaucratic hurdles so local businesses can plan for and meet this summer’s domestic demand

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/five-things-government-must-do-now-save-spring-summer-britain/

Authorities need to get their heads together now to make the most of safe cultural spaces currently empty and likely to remain so over the spring and summer months

Unfortunately, it's an area plagued by health and safety bureaucracy, meaning there is always an excuse not to act

Remember those scenes last year - tens of thousands of day-trippers squeezed onto a single beach with not a lifeguard on duty because they had not completed their “covid training” yet?

Well, it cannot be allowed to happen again

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/five-things-government-must-do-now-save-spring-summer-britain/

Even in the midst of the current third wave of the virus, it is hard to understand why outdoor tennis, golf and other well-spaced sports facilities have had to shut down

Outdoor sports should be prioritised when current restrictions are lifted

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/five-things-government-must-do-now-save-spring-summer-britain/