Sir Keir Starmer accused the PM of deploying 'rehearsed attack lines' as they argued over the reopening of primary schools.
Labour has also called on ministers to reconsider the decision to withdraw funding for free school meals and meal vouchers over the summer holidays.
Ministers insist they are working with local authorities to ensure all schools can reopen in September, if it is deemed safe to do so."The PM is acutely aware that school closures will have a disproportionate impact on all children, and particularly the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children. But in an interview with The Observer, the children's commissioner for England said the government had not moved fast enough, and risked violating the basic right to education enshrined in a UN convention.
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