Pub gardens won’t open to serve pints before July 4, Boris Johnson confirmed. They have to wait until next month.

A group of ministers nicknamed the “Save Summer Six” was reportedly weighing up plans to open beer gardens, amid concern that the hospitality sector is facing up to 3.5m job losses unless pubs, restaurants, and cafes resume business soon.

Pubs have been shut since before the UK went into a nationwide lockdown on March 23.