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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Council bring in army to help with surge testing in Blackburn s coronavirus hotspots As rates of Coronavirus continue to rise in Blackburn with Darwen, surge testing will move into a new phase of door-knocking in certain areas, with added support from army staff. This means that from Friday (today), staff from Blackburn with Darwen Council’s engagement teams will be calling at people’s homes in areas that have higher rates of the coronavirus variant of concern now known as VOC-21APR-02. Staff will deliver information about testing and PCR test kits, returning later to collect completed tests. This increased testing will happen in the Shear Brow area of Blackburn from today.
Local leaders in eight Indian variant hotspots have criticised the Government’s quietly-announced changes to advice on coronavirus controls, which have been described by one MP as “lockdown-lite”.
Health chiefs said they were not consulted or informed about fresh guidance asking those in affected areas in England to restrict their social interactions and travel.
The updated advice issued on Friday – which is not law and came without an official announcement – was published on the Government website, encouraging people in areas including Bolton, Leicester, Kirklees and the London Borough of Hounslow not to meet indoors in a bid to spread the halt of the highly-transmissible mutation.
UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly
PAN PYLAS, Associated Press
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1of6An electronic notice board advises local people to isolate and get tested if they have coronavirus symptoms, in the town centre of Bolton, England, Tuesday May 25, 2021. The British government on Tuesday is facing accusations of introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it published new guidelines for eight areas in England, including Bolton, that it says are hotspots for the coronavirus variant first identified in India.(Peter Byrne/PA via AP)Peter Byrne/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6A temporary coronavirus testing centre is set up in Bolton, England, one of the areas of the UK where the Covid variant first identified in India is spreading fastest, Tuesday May 25, 2021. The British government on Tuesday is facing accusations of introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it published new guidelines for eight areas in England including Bolton, that it sa