Tag: Face Masks

More than a dozen Tory MPs and peers have backed a court challenge against the imposition of face masks in school classrooms, saying there is insufficient evidence to support the policy.

Compulsory masks in schools could be ditched within days. According to one member of the Government, it will definitely happen before June 26th, the day earmarked for the scrapping of most 'Plan B' restrictions.

Forcing pupils to wear facemasks in the classroom is dystopian and critics should not be smeared as Covid-deniers, children’s author Julia Donaldson has said.

Despite widespread reports that masks are to be required in classrooms as pupils return to schools across the country today, the updated Government guidance shows that this is only a recommendation, not a requirement.

Masks are back for schoolchildren in Year 7 and above, who from the start of term will be required to wear them throughout the day including in classrooms. But where is the evidence they work?

More than a million pupils at 3,250 schools in England face their education being burdened by further restrictions due to pressure from local councils which are fearful of rising 'case' numbers.

A Brit travelling back to England from France on Eurostar yesterday was accosted by armed French police and left stranded in Lille because he was wearing the "wrong type of mask".

Local councils are pushing for schools to reintroduce more 'anti-Covid measures', including face masks, which contradict national guidance in what has been labelled a "militant Lefty" push.

The Transport Department finally admits it carried out no cost-benefit analysis before introducing mandatory masking on public transport last year. Shock!

Vaccine passports will be introduced with a weeks notice if infections don't stay low this winter, and we could see the return of mask mandates as well as of a whole new lockdown, the Government has announced.