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Business leaders urge Boris Johnson to stick to lockdown lifting timetable

Signatories include Virgin Group, ExCel, Gatwick, The Old Vic Theatre and Federation of Small Business

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James Booth

Boris Johnson is being urged to stick to the timetable for coming out of lockdown by business leaders amid fears about the interruption in the supply of vaccines
Boris Johnson is being urged to stick to the timetable for coming out of lockdown by business leaders amid fears about the interruption in the supply of vaccines Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Business leaders from the travel, conference centre, real estate and leisure industries have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to stick to his timetable for lifting lockdown.

In an open letter to the PM on 26 March the business chiefs asked Johnson to stick to the timetable for emerging from lockdown, “notwithstanding the unfortunate interruption in vaccine supply and rising cases in Europe”.

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