Tory MPs demand Boris Johnson lifts all UK Covid restrictions by end of April

Covid Recovery Group chair Mark Harper has written to the Prime Minister calling for restrictions to be lifted (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Lockdown-sceptic Tories in the UK have piled pressure on Boris Johnson, calling on him to commit to a timetable for lifting coronavirus restrictions with a complete end to controls by the end of April.

In a letter to the British Prime Minister, the leaders of the Covid Recovery Group (CRG) said the “tremendous pace” of the vaccination rollout meant restrictions should begin easing from early March.