Downing Street has fuelled fears that England's schools will be closed until least early March despite calls for a firm plan for them to reopen.
The Prime Minister's spokesman today confirmed a review of lockdown measures in England will happen "on February 15". This clarified earlier comments from Boris Johnson, who this morning told reporters "we'll be deciding before [February 15] whether we can be getting schools back." But crucially, the PM's spokesman also stood by the government's pledge to give schools two weeks' notice before they reopen.
That suggests that if the government keeps both promises, England's schools will not be able to reopen until March 1 at the earliest - because a decision won't have been made until February 15
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