Covid-19: Councils get millions of pounds for marshals ( Archived) (33)

Local councils in England will receive £30m to fund measures including Covid marshals, to ensure the public and businesses follow coronavirus rules.

A further £30m in government funding will be split between police forces in England and Wales to aid enforcement.

Marshals will not have powers to enforce the law but will advise people on how to follow the rules, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said.

The Local Government Association warned authorities are at "tipping point".

The government said the funding would help step up enforcement of coronavirus rules in a bid to tackle the rise of infections.

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Mr Jenrick told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that Covid marshals could knock on doors, as they had done in places such as Leicester, but would not be able to enter properties.

He said: "They won't have the power to enforce the law so if there are particularly egregious examples they would need to escalate that to the police and I think that is the right thing to do. We are not expecting local council officers to get involved in that."

Some of the funding will go towards environmental health officers who do have enforcement powers to ensure businesses obey the restrictions, Mr Jenrick said.

He said he expected the funding to be "used sensitively to help to educate, inform and engage members of the public".

Nesil Caliskan, from the Local Government Association (LGA), welcomed the funding, but said in many areas regulatory services are already "at tipping point".

He said with councils leading local work to tackle Covid-19 the government needed to ensure they had the funding to maintain "vital trading standards and environmental health services over the next six months and beyond".
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Big brother is here and it's going to get worse.

I understand what you say, but remember these suggestions are backed by lockdown rules with the threat of fines and punishment, Our law makers are parliament, who have not been consulted about these rules, we are slipping towards rule by edict. Won't happen here , how many countries have said that???????

The price of freedom is continual vigilance.

I don't know how it was funded, but it was not approved by local governmant or by parliament, i suggest you look into it and start your own thread.

maybe you need Florian Geyer and his Schwarzer Haufen!

The whole damm thing. Is a con.......from start. To finish........first the pandemics....????then new rules............and threats. To people who don't follow them...our government....your government........who ever rules you.....???. Are cashing in........they should. Tell us the truth..............do you. Need a president..........do we need a prime minister..??????????is it leading to a dictatorship.........were you have no. Rights/. Just do as you are told system....... I shudder for our grandchildren...........if you. Get my drift..........if you have half a brain....you should do.... ......no doubt...I will get bad re views.........to this people..............just wait......time will tell.........