The Prime Minister has advised parents they should send their children to primary schools in England tomorrow.
When asked on the Andrew Marr show this morning if children should return Boris Johnson said: “Yes, absolutely they should in areas where schools are open.
“There is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe” amid chaos and confusion for parents over the return to the classroom.
“The benefits of education are so huge, overwhelmingly we want to keep our young people in education.”
He was later asked if the government would seek to take legal action against local authorities which have decided not to reopen primary schools?
He responded: “We’ll work very hard with authorities across the country to get our message across that we think schools are safe; that schools are safe, there’s absolutely no doubt about it.
“I understand people’s frustrations, I understand people’s anxieties but there is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe and that education is a priority.
“And if you think about the history of the pandemic, we’ve kept schools going for a long, long time in areas where the pandemic has really been at really high levels.”
