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Tory failures risk robbing young people of their future
We need to demand bold policies in education and employment if we are to avoid a lost generation, argues RICHARD BURGON MP

HEALTH Secretary Matt Hancock’s “Don’t kill your granny” message to young people is the latest example of the government’s cynical attempts to shift the blame for its disastrous handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the devastating death toll that’s arisen from that.
It’s particularly galling given the role government failure played in spreading the disease through care homes like wildfire when thousands of older people were discharged from hospitals into care homes without being tested.
This latest insult to young people comes hot on the heels of the government’s disgraceful exam results fiasco.
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