Labour tonight stepped up calls for teachers to be vaccinated next week as pupils get ready to return to class. Shadow Education Secretary Kate Green urged ministers to jab teachers during February half term so they are inoculated before face-to-face lessons restart, due from March 8.
The call to rush teachers to the front of the queue received a boost from across the Atlantic. US President Joe Biden believes America's teachers should be prioritised for injections, the White House said today.
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield told MSNBC: "He believes that teachers should be a priority on the vaccination list, he has supported that. “He believes that teachers should get their vaccines, but he's listening to the science
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