LABOUR called for urgent government action today to tackle a lack of Covid-19 tests for students as they return to in-person learning, after England’s largest training provider said it was “horrified” by the shortfall.
Government guidance required 16 to 19-year-old students to return to in-person teaching this week, alongside the reopening of schools and colleges.
Independent Training Providers (ITPs), which deliver thousands of apprenticeships and traineeships, have warned however that they will not receive Covid-19 testing kits until the end of March.
JTL, the largest ITP in England and Wales, has expressed alarm at the lack of support from the government.