Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak backed calls to ease the U.K.'s 2-meter social distancing rule to help the stalled economy get back to work, as he urged Britons to go shopping again.
The government is conducting a "comprehensive review" of the regulation that requires people to remain 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) apart in public to reduce the risk of transmitting coronavirus. He said he understood why sectors such as the hospitality industry want the rules to be eased in the U.K. as other countries had done.
