DfE tried to avoid 'bringing attention' to face mask guidance error despite confusion
The Department for Education put off clarifying a mistake in its own Covid guidance because it would “bring greater attention to the error”, despite acknowledging the wrong information was being shared widely and causing “discontent”.
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