Nicola Sturgeon said that she wanted to have a “grown-up” conversation with voters about how to get back to a “semblance of normality”

Ministers are under mounting pressure to reveal their plans for easing lockdown restrictions after senior Tories said that Nicola Sturgeon was right to outline her strategy for a “new normal” in Scotland.

The first minister published a 26-page “framework” for easing the lockdown and discussed plans for reopening schools, businesses and allowing small gatherings.

She said that she wanted to have a “grown-up” conversation with voters about how to get back to a “semblance of normality” while acknowledging that some social-distancing measures could be in place for years.

Her approach was rejected by Matt Hancock, the health secretary, who said that the government’s clarity of message in telling people to stay home had helped to “flatten the curve”. He said that there was an “awful