What time is Boris Johnson's speech today? Everything you need to know as PM unveils 'road map' out of lockdown

The Prime Minister will replace the "stay home" slogan with a message telling the country to “stay alert, control the virus and save lives” .

Mr Johnson is also set to to urge workers to begin returning to their workplaces, while a warning system, with alerts ranging from green in level one to red in level five, will also be announced.

Here's everything you need to know:

What time is Boris Johnson's speech?

Mr Johnson's pre-recorded speech will be shown at 7pm.

The PM will also chair a meeting of the emergency Cobra committee with Cabinet ministers, leaders of the devolved nations and London Mayor Sadiq Khan before his address.

Alterations could still be made after the meeting but parts were already recorded as a way to get the footage to broadcasters in good time.

It comes more than six weeks after the Prime Minister imposed the lockdown on March 23, telling people to stay at home and only leave for “very limited” and essential purposes. These included shopping for basic necessities, once-a-day exercise, medical needs and travelling to work, but only when it could not be done from home.

What is he expected to say?

The address is not expected to contain a great deal in the way of new policy, with the details being fleshed out in a document being published by the Government on Monday.

But the Prime Minister will use the address to trigger a new approach in the Government's messaging on the lockdown.

Firstly, Mr Johnson will replace the "stay home" slogan with a message telling the country to “stay alert, control the virus and save lives” .

Downing Street has already sought to explain the meaning of the new message. A No 10 spokesman said the public can stay alert by “staying at home as much as possible”, “limiting contact with other people” and keeping two metres apart where possible.

Mr Johnson is also expected to urge workers who cannot do their jobs from home to begin returning to their workplaces while following social-distancing rules.

He will also unveil a warning system administered by a new “joint biosecurity centre” which will detect local increases in infection rates.

With the alerts ranging from green in level one to red in level five, he will say the nation is close to moving down from four to three.

What's the reaction been so far?

Hours after Mr Johnson’s new “stay alert” slogan was unveiled in a newspaper report, leaders of the UK’s other three nations stated that the “stay at home” advice remains .

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick told the BBC’s The Andrew Marr Show that the Governments wants the whole of the United Kingdom "to move as one".

But devolved governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales have power to make their own decisions on a number of matters, including health.

In a pointed tweet on Sunday morning, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the first she saw of the Prime Minister’s new slogan was in the Sunday papers.

Rejecting its use in Scotland for the moment , she tweeted: “It is of course for him to decide what’s most appropriate for England, but given the critical point we are at in tackling the virus, #StayHomeSaveLives remains my clear message to Scotland at this stage.”

Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford stressed the stay-home slogan has not “gone away” in Wales, and was backed by the country’s health minister Vaughan Gething who said there had been no discussion or agreement about the Government’s new slogan with the other three nations of the UK.

In Northern Ireland, First Minister Arlene Foster said the region is sticking with the “stay home, save lives” message. She said: “On the whole, the message is to stay at home. We will say we are not deviating from the message at this time."

Meanwhile, trade unions have warned that it will not recommend its workers return to the workplace unless better safety assurances are made.

“The trade union movement wants to be able to recommend the Government’s back-to-work plans,” Unison, Unite, the GMB, Usdaw and the Trades Union Congress wrote in a letter to the Observer.

“But for us to do that, we need to ensure that ministers have listened and that we stay safe and save lives at work too.”

A scientific adviser to the Government also warned that the UK could still suffer more than 100,000 deaths by the end of the year if measures are hastily relaxed, adding: “There is very limited room for manoeuvre.”

What will happen next?

On Monday, the Government will publish a 50-page document outlining the full plan.

Later this week, Mr Johnson will address the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservatives amid concerns that some of his MPs will be unenthused by the gradual easing.

The incoming changes for England are only expected to be very modest , with a lifting of the limit of only one form of exercise per day and to permit garden centres to reopen .

But in a toughening of measures, fines for those who fail to abide by the rules will be hiked.

Ministers are also planning to impose a 14-day quarantine on people arriving in the UK by plane from any country apart from the Republic of Ireland.

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