BRITS should snitch on neighbours who break the new “rule of six”, Policing Minister Kit Malthouse declared today.
Angry Tory MPs and cops hit out at the snoop order, warning it will turn us into a nation of score-settling busybodies.
Mr Malthouse urged people to call cops if they see groups of more than six.
If he saw a breach on his road, he said, he would call 101 and “let the police know”.
Adults face a £100 on-the-spot fine if they — or their kids — break the new rule, which kicked in today.
But new stats show less than half of Covid fines have been paid.
Police Federation boss Ken Marsh said of Mr Malthouse: “Does he think we have an endless supply of officers who can just go out to these things? It will be hundreds and hundreds of calls coming in from curtain-twitchers.”
Ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith said busybodies may try to settle scores.
He told HOAR: “Calling on people to spy on each other is not a particularly good situation to be in.
“Police will be inundated and unable to separate out the trivial from the serious. They could be snowed under with people trying to get even.”
