Anti-vaxx demonstrators should not be ‘anywhere near’ schools says Zahawi

The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said that anti-vaccine protesters should not be “anywhere near” schools.

Mr Zahawi told LBC Radio earlier today that he has “spoken to the Home Secretary about this and she has reassured me that the police have all the resources they need to deal with this.

“The anti-vaxx protesters should not be going anywhere near a school or a pupil or a parent or a teacher. If they do, the police will and can take action against them.

“Local government, of course, are also working with schools… if anybody feels threatened by these anti-vaxx protesters, they should report them and they will be arrested.”

Last month Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said local councils must be permitted to use public spaces protection orders to disperse such protests around schools.