Shops and police must help enforce English face mask rules, says minister

Officers have warned law to make coverings compulsory in stores will be unenforceableCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRetailers and police must both play a role in enforcing the use of face coverings by shoppers in England, a Cabinet minister has said after officers warned the law would be unenforceable.The environment secretary, George Eustice, also defended the government’s U-turn on making face coverings compulsory, saying its approach had been “ev