The London mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a commission to review London’s landmarks and shared his “hope” some statues would be taken down – suggesting the case for the removal of slave traders monuments was “quite clear cut”.

It comes as Boris Johnson said he could not approve of Black Lives Matterdemonstrators “flouting social distancing”, adding that adding a minority of violent protesters would face the “full force of the law”.

Elsewhere, the government is expected to abandon plans for all primary school children in England to return before the summer holidays, with education secretary Gavin Williamson set to make statement in the House of Commons later on Tuesday.