The Prime Minister said "watch this space, watch this space" when asked if he might cut the distance to one metre, like in Northern Ireland. He made his comments just hours after his own Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, insisted England's schools won't relax social distancing rules until coronavirus is "under control". (Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)A Downing Street team is already running an urgent review of the two-metre distance to be concluded in the coming weeks. But any cut in the two-metre distance would prove controversial everywhere - including in schools. Current distancing rules force schools to split pupils into 15-strong 'bubbles', doubling the number of classes.

Source: Daily Mirror June 19, 2020 12:29 UTC