Outdoor markets and car showrooms across England can reopen from 1 June and all other non-essential retail, including high street shops, department stores and shopping centres, from 15 June "once they are Covid-19 secure and can show customers will be kept safe", prime minister Boris Johnson has said.

Speaking at the daily 10 Downing Street coronavirus briefing, the prime minister said the moves were "careful and deliberate steps on the road to rebuilding our country" and would be dependent on meeting the government's five tests for getting control over the disease.

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