Boris Johnson told to shut pubs if that's what it takes to keep schools open

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Boris Johnson was today told to shut pubs if that's what it takes to keep schools open next month. The Children’s Commissioner for England warned classrooms must be the last places to close after all other options if there's a second wave of coronavirus.

Anne Longfield added in a report: "If the choice has to be made in a local area about whether to keep pubs or schools open, then schools must always take priority." Schools minister Nick Gibb repeatedly refused to rule out shutting pubs in order to keep schools open - but stressed any action would be local, not national.

He told Sky News today it was the government's "priority" to reopen all schools in England, to all pupils full-time, from September.

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