Boris Johnson faces MPs' anger as schools set to stay shut after February holiday
manchestereveningnews.co.ukBoris Johnson faces growing pressure from Conservative MPs to reopen schools in England. They have warned that children are becoming the 'forgotten victims' of the coronavirus pandemic as calls have been made to prioritise teachers and support staff in the vaccine rollout.Education Secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to confirm this week that there will be no return to the classroom after the February half-term break as ministers had hoped.Over the weekend, Health Secretary Matt Hancock refused to guarantee that they would be back before Easter, saying that infection rates would need to come down further.While the vaccine rollout was making “brilliant progress”, he said the NHS remained under intense pressure and that any general easing.
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