Sir Kevan Collins claimed Boris Johnson rejected his proposals for a £15billion package to provide pupils with extra time and teaching to catch up on lost education due to successive lockdowns.
Tories demand Boris Johnson find the money from the back of the sofa after his education catch-up chief Kevan Collins quits with devastating attack on PM s narrow, small and slow package to help children left behind by pandemic school closures
Boris Johnson s education recovery tsar Sir Kevan Collins last night said he had no option but to quit
Sir Kevan accused PM of taking a half-hearted approach that risks failing thousands of children
He claimed Mr Johnson rejected proposals for a £15billion package to provide pupils with time and teaching
Sir Kevan said support announced by government does not come close to meeting the scale of the challenge
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