Coronavirus: Labour urges PM to stop ‘winging it’ over easing restrictions

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned that Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the easing of virus restrictions risks a second wave of infections.

In an interview, he urged the Prime Minister to get a grip and restore public confidence in the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sir Keir said while labour wanted to see society re-open and businesses begin to get back on their feet, he had deep misgivings about the approach in England, compared with that in wales and Scotland.

Health secretary Matt Hancock has suggested the UK is beginning to win the battle against the virus, which has now claimed the lives of nearly 40,000 people.

But some scientists, public health experts and opposition politicians have warned that easing of restrictions is premature.

It comes as the government is to outline further details of its quarantine plans later.