Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 13 July 2021

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1. PM warned over ‘freedom day’

Boris Johnson will go ahead with lifting most remaining Covid restrictions on 19 July, despite warnings from his own advisers that the move could result in more than 200 deaths a day. The prime minister urged “extreme caution” as he yesterday confirmed that step four of the roadmap would go ahead. However, experts say up to 4,800 people a day could be admitted to hospital if restrictions are dropped, a decision Labour has described as “pushing down on the accelerator while throwing off the seatbelt”.

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