Employers to be free to abandon face masks and social distancing in England

Message to work from home where possible to be dropped on 19 July along with other Covid restrictions

Face masks and social distancing will be dropped in most workplaces in England, under new guidance for employers being planned by the government.

The message to employees to work from home where possible is set to be abandoned by Boris Johnson on 19 July, alongside the lifting of almost all other coronavirus restrictions.