UNISON backs councils’ attempt to close schools amid COVID spike

UNISON has condemned the government for its refusal to allow London’s Greenwich Council to close its schools in the light of a sharp rise in cases of COVID-19 among the borough’s pupils and school staff.
Council leader Danny Thorpe had written to head teachers, asking them to move the majority of pupils to remote learning from today.
But education secretary Gavin Williams threatened the council with legal action if its schools did not remain open, citing “continuity of educatio