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MINISTERS have been accused of \u201ctreating the public like children\u201d after refusing to discuss an exit strategy from the coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n

Brits will remain in lockdown for another three weeks<\/a> to slow the spread of coronavirus<\/a> \u2013 with the UK government reportedly two weeks away from announcing how the country will emerge from the drastic measures.<\/p>\n

There has been growing pressure on the government to outline its plan, with economic paralysis wreaking havoc on jobs and businesses.<\/p>\n

And Tory former party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith warned the government shouldn\u2019t treat the public like children.<\/p>\n

He told the Times<\/a>: \u201cThe Government is going to have to accept and admit we are coming out of lockdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to trust the British people and not treat them like children. We must respect their common sense. They need to know that the sun is rising at some point in an economic sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the defence select committee, added: \u201cCommunication is critical in keeping people on board. You need to educate the nation about what to expect in the next phase. That is the conversation we can start to have now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nicola Sturgeon<\/a> yesterday also threw her support behind setting out a strategy to the public.<\/a><\/p>\n

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said any such blueprint will take another fortnight, but the SNP\u2019s leader insists she wants to level with the public over the lockdown.<\/p>\n

She told BBC Radio 4\u2019s Today show: \u201cWhat I\u2019m going to try to do is set out the decision-making framework that we\u2019re operating in, so that we are treating the public like grown-ups that they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

But some ministers have hit back \u2013 with business secretary Alok Sharma last night flagging concerns that laying out the options to the public could risk \u201cmuddying the waters\u201d.<\/p>\n

The UK death toll yesterday reached more than 14,000 with more than 108,000 infections up and down the country.<\/p>\n

Labour\u2019s new leader Keir Starmer accused Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, of being \u201creluctant\u201d to rubberstamp any exit plan while Boris Johnson recovers from the virus at Chequers.<\/p>\n

It came after Mr Raab announced yesterday the UK\u2019s lockdown would last another three weeks, but failed to outline an exit strategy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking on BBC\u2019s Coronavirus Newscast podcast last night, Sir Keir said: \u201cI think that throughout this they\u2019ve struggled with taking decisions quickly enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels as though they\u2019ve been in a position probably for a week or 10 days now where it\u2019s been difficult for the Government to make big decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think there\u2019s a bit of that lying behind this as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cI suspect, although I don\u2019t know, that Dominic Raab is just reluctant \u2013 he probably does know that it\u2019s time for an exit strategy \u2013 but he\u2019s probably reluctant to sign it off without the Prime Minister and I think there\u2019s a bit of that in the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UK government must review the lockdown every three weeks by law to assess whether the rules are working.<\/p>\n

But it is already having a savage impact on jobs, with around a million out-of-work Brits trying to claim Universal Credit since the shutdown started last month.<\/a><\/p>\n

Two in three construction firms are set to fold by June unless the government steps in to help, with firms begging for clarity amid confusion on when the lockdown will end.<\/a><\/p>\n

Mr Shapps indicated the UK government needed to wait at least two weeks until the end of April to hear from medical and scientific advisers before giving \u201cgreater clarity\u201d.<\/p>\n

He told LBC radio: \u201cWe\u2019ve said now that this three-week period will contain a review by the scientists at the end of this month, so that\u2019s actually only two weeks away, whilst they\u2019ll be reviewing this.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I hope we\u2019ll be in a position to provide, well I know we\u2019ll be in a position to provide, greater clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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