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Justice Secretary Robert Buckland
A CABINET minister today appeared to backtrack on the June 1 target date to reopen schools following a rebellion by at least 18 councils.
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland admitted that he did not know if schools would be able to open on June 1, the government’s target date to send more children back to classrooms.
The admission comes as 18 councils, representing 1,500 schools, announced that they will refuse to ask schools to reopen year-one and year-six classrooms next month.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
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