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Ignore ‘failed’ PM and open when safe, schools and councils urged
TEACHERS have called on schools to ignore the “failed” Prime Minister and only reopen when they are sure it is safe.
The call today from National Education Union joint general secretary Mary Bousted came after a weekend in which embattled PM Boris Johnson — on the ropes over the lockdown breach by his top adviser Dominic Cummings — insisted that he would begin a wider reopening of schools on June 1 despite fears over safety.
Councils, schools and unions have urged the government to follow scientific advice and delay school openings that could revive the spread of the coronavirus.
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