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Coronavirus - The Latest: Is the decision to keep schools shut political?

Telegraph, 11 Jun 2020
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In this episode: The vast majority of England's children remain at home, but how dangerous is a return to the classroom? Is education falling prey to attempts to fire up the economy? And would a cross-party consensus on the matter help Britain's children?

The Telegraph's Associate Editor, Camilla Tominey joins Theodora Louloudis to discuss when a nation of parents can hang up their homeschooling hats.

Read more about 'support bubbles': https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/10/support-bubbles-mean-adults-living-alone-can-join-another-household/

Read more on why the UK economy is world’s biggest Covid-19 casualty: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/06/10/uk-economy-worlds-biggest-covid-19-casualty-oecd-warns/

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