Should England's roadmap be delayed on 21 June? - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

There is no data to suggest England's end to lockdown on 21 June might be delayed, the business secretary has said - but he cannot give a guarantee. A final decision about the 21 June date will be reached by 14 June.

Kwasi Kwarteng's comments came as the variant first identified in India is now believed to be responsible for up to three-quarters of new Covid cases in the UK.

Mishal Husain spoke to the secretary of state and heard from Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician who specialises in health data, director of the clinical operational research Unit at University College London and a member of the Independent SAGE group of scientists; Dr Helen Wall, part of the Covid vaccine programme in Bolton and Andrew Hayward, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at University College London and a member of NERVTAG.

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