Teaching unions and experts urge caution over safety of staff and students as new strain ‘changes game’

There is growing pressure on the government to delay next week’s return to school for millions of children as teaching unions and experts continue to urge caution over the safety of staff and pupils.

Amid a worsening pandemic and growing concern about the new strain of Covid-19 spreading from London and the south-east, teaching unions have asked the government for more clarity on why sending children back to classrooms will not put them at risk.

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