Ministers fail to act on anti-vaxxer crowds at schools

The Government refused last night to implement exclusion zones around schools to stop anti-vaxxers lobbying children. Pressure has mounted to allow head teachers and councils to ‘rapidly create’ exclusion zones using Public Spaces Protection Orders after the Daily Mail’s investigation into anti-vax protests at schools. 'There is no minimum time requirement for local authorities to consult on issuing a PSPO.’ Children as young as 12 can be vaccinated to protect them from Covid - a move that has angered some anti-vaxxers and led to protests outside schools Labour believes it can streamline the consultation to hear from just the affected school, the local council leader and the local chief constable, and says it simply requires the Home Secretary to amend the 2014 Antisocial Behaviour Act, which would ‘take less than an hour’. Saturday’s Mail exposed former school governor Francesca Dill, 32, who runs anti-vax group Outreach Worldwide, which has picketed more than 100 schools, targeting youngsters at the gates falsely claiming that the jab is ‘deadly’ and could leave girls infertile. Saturday’s Mail exposed former school governor Francesca Dill, 32, who runs anti-vax group Outreach Worldwide, which has picketed more than 100 schools The group uploaded videos promoting its delusional messages on Instagram.