School return: Updates as children move to remote learning in third lockdown
Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously said that primary school pupils should go back to school on Monday as the risk is very small
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Primary school children across the country returned to school for just one day before schools were closed in a national lockdown.
The sudden U-turn on Monday evening came after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that parents should send their children back to school amid safety concerns.
The Prime Minister told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show: “Yes, absolutely they should in areas where schools are open.