What time is Boris Johnson's speech today about ending lockdown?
For the latest North East news and updates subscribe to the free ChronicleLive newsletter here Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the Government will push ahead with the plans to lift England's lockdown restrictions on Monday July 19. Mr Johnson will hold a press conference this afternoon and Health Secretary Sajid Javid will announce the plans in Parliament. The Prime Minister is due to appear at the press conference from Downing Street at around 5pm on Monday July 12. Read more:England footballers' sent appalling racist abuse after final  If England moves to step four of its roadmap out of lockdown a week today as expected, venues like nightclubs will be able to reopen, capacity limits will be removed on sports stadiums and the legal requirement to wear a face-covering will be removed. The Government will make its decision based on four factors: the success of the vaccine rollout, evidence that the vaccine is causing a reduction in hospital admissions and deaths, that infection rates do not risk a surge in admissions, and that no new variants of concern throw progress off track. However, the Prime Minister will also warn the country that Covid-19 rates will rise further after July 19. Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter, a statistician from the University of Cambridge, said it is absolutely inevitable there will be a big wave of coronavirus cases as restrictions are lifted. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has already said case numbers could reach 100,000 per day in the summer as measures are eased. Sir David told the BBCs Andrew Marr show: Frankly, you know, unless tomorrow an immediate lockdown is announced  which I think is pretty unlikely  theres bound to be a big wave of cases coming up, absolutely inevitable. It was predictable right from the start of the road map announcement back in February. Of course its been made worse by the Delta variant. And I would guess that, you know, 100,000 a day is quite possible, and relaxing everything at once on July 19 will only make that more likely.  He said it will be mainly young cases. The PM said: We are tantalisingly close to the final milestone in our road map out of lockdown, but the plan to restore our freedoms must come with a warning. While the phenomenal vaccine rollout has offered every adult some protection against the virus, and the crucial link between cases, hospitalisations and deaths is weakened, the global pandemic is not over yet. Cases will rise as we unlock, so as we confirm our plans today, our message will be clear. Caution is absolutely vital, and we must all take responsibility so we dont undo our progress, ensuring we continue to protect our NHS.  Shadow education Secretary Kate Green told Trevor Phillips On Sunday on Sky News Labour supported coronavirus restrictions lifting on July 19 if the data supported it, but that some measures should stay in place. The Labour MP said: What we dont want is to lift the restrictions without keeping mitigations in place that would enable that to happen more safely. So for example, thats why weve said that the mandatory mask-wearing should continue in public places. Thats why weve said that there should be more support and requirement on public spaces to have proper ventilation systems. Thats why we said that the financial support for people on low incomes who have to isolate needs to be adequate so that they can afford to do that. So yes, we do want to see the restrictions lifted if the data confirmed that thats the right thing to do, and I hope, and the indications seem to be that it will do. But we want that with the mitigations kept in place.  Get the news you want straight to your inbox