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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:41 PM Mar 2020

Schools in England to close from Friday for all pupils except the vulnerable and those with key work

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2020/mar/18/uk-coronavirus-live-boris-johnson-pmqs-cbi-urges-government-pay-businesses-directly-saying-350bn-loangrant-package-not-enough

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Schools in England to close from Friday for all pupils except the vulnerable and those with key worker parents

Williamson says schools in England will remain closed from Friday until further notice.
But the children of key workers, and children who are vulnerable, will be able to stay.
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Schools in England to close from Friday for all pupils except the vulnerable and those with key work (Original Post) nitpicker Mar 2020 OP

And Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland made similar announcements earlier in the day (nt) muriel_volestrangler Mar 2020 #1

Schools were already closing of their own accord T_i_B Mar 2020 #2

muriel_volestrangler

(101,295 posts)

1. And Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland made similar announcements earlier in the day (nt)

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Wed Mar 18, 2020, 01:54 PM

Mar 2020

T_i_B

(14,737 posts)

2. Schools were already closing of their own accord

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2020, 08:29 AM

Mar 2020

The government has been behind the curve on this.

To be honest though, this will have been a difficult decision as Children still need to be cared for. And often that's down to elderly grandparents (i.e the most at risk group) with Mum and Dad working.

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