Blog: Why this insult to council and school staff can’t be allowed to stand

For a moment, imagine you’re a cleaner at your local primary school…
Throughout the pandemic you were asked by your employer to go into work. You were told, ‘You’re essential – without you, the school couldn’t open to look after key workers’ children’.
You left the house and travelled through the eerie, deserted streets. You waited for the bus for an extra hour, because they only ran a skeleton service at the height of lockdown.
At the start, you