The unlocking of lockdown has begun. From July the 4th, a whole new raft of restrictions

will be relaxed in England. The biggest step back towards normality since this whole crisis began,

though the new normal will take some getting used to. I'm Daniel Hewitt. In this episode, we'll be

talking through the new guidelines announced by Boris Johnson and what they could mean for you. Robert

Pestan, our political editor will of course be here shortly for his insight and analysis,

but no, Shehab Khan with me this week. Instead, I'm joined by ITV News, political correspondent

and longtime friend of the podcast Romilly Weeks.

How are you doing, Romilly?

I'm good, thanks, Dan. I've been wading through the new guidelines on what we can and can't do.

Well, that's good, because I'm about to ask you about them, so I'm glad you have.

Aha!

Let's talk about them, shall we? Let's start with, let's start with the households meeting up

because it was only, what, last week or the week before, we were trying to get ahead around the new

bubble system, so people who can bubble up with another household if they live on their own or

they're a single parent with kids, blah, blah, blah. We're now talking about a whole new different

thing, so two households of any number can meet up,

inside or outside. And you can seemingly there's no limit to this. Just talk us through the

new household rules. Yeah. So the social bubble aspect remains. If you're doing that, you can still do that. That involves somebody in a

single household bubbling up with another and they can actually sort of move in together and stay

overnight. That still applies. But what is new is that two households can now meet inside.

So that means pubs, restaurants or in your own home suite home.

But don't get too excited about hugging your mum or anything because social distancing will still apply in those circumstances.

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