Almost all remaining restrictions in England will be lifted on Monday despite a surge in infections as ministers put their faith in the advanced vaccine programme. Opposition politicians had said it was hypocritical for Johnson and Sunak to have tried to exempt themselves from some of the rules. "Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have been busted yet again for thinking the rules that we are all following don’t apply to them," said Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. "I recognise that even the sense that the rules aren’t the same for everyone is wrong," he said on Twitter. Johnson used his video message to plead with the public to take a cautious approach to the change of rules.

Source: The Star July 18, 2021 14:48 UTC