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by Ian Shires on 25 August, 2020
In an open letter to the Secretaries of State for Education and Health, Liberal Democrat Local Government spokespeople on Health and Education, Councillors Richard Kemp and Lucy Nethsingha, warned:
“We have grave concerns about how this is being undertaken in England. For example, there is no understanding that schools have different opportunities for reopening. Every school has a different layout; has different means for the children and staff to get to; and serves different social communities which have different levels of virus transmission risk.
The letter also warns that:
To improve the situation, they say the government can do three things:
Councillors Kemp and Nethsingha warn that: “At present there is little confidence in the Government and its measures. We see no signs that you have looked at France and America where many schools that re-opened have had to close again.
“What we are proposing here are three low-cost measures to get young people into schools and their parents back into work as soon and as safely as possible.”
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