Leader of Kent County Council urges government to keep schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone and Hythe
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Updated: 14:33, 03 January 2021
The leader of Kent County Council has called on the Government to keep schools closed in Thanet, Canterbury, Dover and Folkestone and Hythe.
Cllr Roger Gough (Con) wrote to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson yesterday, urging him to allow primary schools to remain shut.
KCC leader Roger Gough takes a Covid test at Sheerness East WMC, Halfway. Picture: John Nurden
He tweeted to say he had supported Kent schools in staying open.
But he added: Yet most schools in #Kent will under government rules have a delayed start; the public health justification for treating 4 Districts (with still high infection rates) differently does not stack up.