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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2022
UK aims to reopen primary schools from June 1

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Reuters
24 May, 2020, 04:30 pm
Last modified: 24 May, 2020, 04:32 pm

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UK aims to reopen primary schools from June 1

“That’s certainly the intention”

Reuters
24 May, 2020, 04:30 pm
Last modified: 24 May, 2020, 04:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps speaks at the daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 14, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps speaks at the daily digital news conference on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 14, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS

Britain's government intends to stick with a plan to reopen primary schools to some pupils from June 1, Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday.

"That's certainly the intention," he told Sky News.

The government faces opposition to the plan from some teachers and labour unions.

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