Government ministers are reportedly pushing for kids to be sent back to school next month, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Bleak economic forecasts have seen calls for pupils to be back behind their desks by May 11, according to reports. Experts have predicted a 35 per cent slump in the economy as the lockdown continues, while the draconian restrictions cannot begin to be lifted until children are back at school.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who is deputising for PM Boris Johnson while he recovers from his own bout of the virus, is likely to extend the lockdown for three weeks on Thursday.
One cabinet minister told The Telegraph the government "should be beginning to release things that can be released". They said
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