Disappointed fans due to descend on Worthy Farm, Somerset, from June 23-28 said the move was understandable, but Tory MP Julian Knight, chairman of the Commons culture committee, called it a 'devastating' blow and criticised the government's failure to set up an insurance scheme to save major events. Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the UK Hospitality trade body, said many pubs and restaurants would 'struggle to survive' if they were forced to keep their doors closed until May. The specially-created powers, which give local authorities in England the ability to close venues such as pubs (pictured: Library image) and tape off public areas, were due to expire next week. By Claire Ellicott and Sami Quadri for The Daily Mail. With death figures dropping and vaccination numbers on the rise, former Tory chief whip Mr Harper said the public now needed a timetable for easing the lockdown. Wetherspoons recently sought to bolster its finances, as it said it expects its pubs to remain closed by lockdown restrictions until April. Pubs and restaurants could stay closed until May under Boris Johnson ’s “roadmap” out of lockdown.. Published: 17:53 BST, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 01:22 BST, 25 January 2021. Among the powers include allowing council officials to close hospitality venues, including pubs and restaurants, as well as gyms and outdoor spaces. Pubs and restaurants are told to stay closed until July - and it could be MONTHS before you can get a haircut or go to the cinema. Blasting the hotel quarantine move, Paul Charles, chief executive of travel company The PC Agency, told the Mail: 'This is destroying confidence among holidaymakers. The VAT cut will remain at 5 percent until October, before going up to 12.5 percent for another six months, and then returning to 20 percent. Since then, they have only been able to trade with any semblance of normality for 82 days, or 22% of the year. Indeed. 'People are not booking summer holidays because they don't believe there is an end game which will see these blanket measures removed. Officials from both sides continued talks yesterday in a bid to strike a deal amid fears the Channel Tunnel firm is facing bankruptcy. May 12th • New Taipei club Pawnshop, which has been closed since March 19th, is reopening this weekend with a two-part celebration. When is the furlough scheme going to end? You could argue 200,000 job losses is an underestimate.'. Mr Williamson said he wanted to get pupils back in the classroom at the 'earliest possible opportunity', adding: 'I would certainly hope that that would be before Easter.'. Pubs would be table-service only and those that don't serve food would have to remain closed. But Cabinet sources last night said they expect the Prime Minister to sign off on a comprehensive proposal – modelled on Australia – that will see all arrivals sent to airport hotels, regardless of their nationality and where they have come from. The Sunday Times quotes the anonymous Downing Street source as contradicting Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week. A man wearing a face mask as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, walks past a closed pub in the City of London, on January 15, 2021. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. The fall reached 94 per cent in the final quarter when passenger numbers were 170,010, compared with 2,624,943 in 2019. Workers clean the platform area as a Eurostar train bound for Paris prepares to leave St Pancras International train station in London on January 18, 2021. They went on: ‘The regulations that encompass the measures – including local authority powers – automatically expire after six months. 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