England Flags Branded “Divisive” as Councils Resume Crackdown
2nd July 2026
Municipal councils across England are once again clashing with the country’s own national flags. Increasingly, displays of both the Union Flag (“Union Jack”) and England’s Saint George’s Cross are being treated as problematic.
In Cambridge, the leader of Cambridgeshire County Council, Lucy Nethsingha, said people should be able to display flags in support of the England team, but only “in a safe, inclusive way and with permission.”
Local coucils in England are very big on “with permission”.