Why has the government U-turned on face masks?
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The Spectator
4.4 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2020
⏱️ ? minutes
Summary
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced that face masks will be compulsory on public transport from mid-June. Until recently, that was explicitly not the government advice. What's changed? Katy Balls talks to James Forsyth.
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