1,500 schools could defy plans to reopen
AROUND - as a minister admitted doubts over the June 1 start date.
Among those against the plans are Birmingham, Calderdale council in Yorkshire, and Conservative-controlled Solihull.This morning Mr Buckland insisted the government is still "working towards" a June 1 date, but admitted it was not looking good."We always said the 1st of June was conditional, not just on the R-rate but the need to make places of work safe."We have to accept the fact that councils are employers and decisions have to be made collectively.
Dame Angela McLean, the deputy chief scientific adviser, said an effective track and trace system was needed to isolate those infected by the coronavirus before changes were made to lockdown rules. Teaching unions are opposed to the Government's plan to re-open schools on June 1, claiming teachers, pupils and their families will be at risk of catching the deadly virus.
Kevin Courtney, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union , refused to back down on Tuesday, saying: “Our current assessment is that schools aren’t safe to open, as our five tests have not been met. The video footage exposed the joint general secretary Mary Bousted accusing children of being mucky by spreading germs and wiping their snot on people's clothes.
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