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UK coronavirus live: Sunak extends furlough until end of March; R-value in Scotland 'hovers' around 1
Latest updates: scheme will be reviewed in January to see if employers should contribute more; Sturgeon says tough action starting to have an effectSunak extends Covid furlough until end of March 2021Exclusive: Alok Sharma met Prince Charles after staffer’s Covid resultFamily plead for care home rule change after daughter’s arrestMinister blames public for second English lockdownGlobal coronavirus updates – live 2.24pm GMT The UK’s largest education union has reacted with fury after education secretary Gavin Williamson accused its leaders of failing to put the education of children first by calling for schools to close during lockdown.As schools in England opened for the first day of the new restrictions, Williamson wrote a column in the Telegraph, accusing the National Education Union (NEU) of putting pupils’ progress in jeopardy.When the risks are being managed, when the benefits of being in school are so clear, this seems to be an isolated position that doesn’t put the best interests of pupils first.What we see, time and time again from Gavin Williamson is poor propaganda unmatched by the decisive action that is needed to support pupils’ continuing access to education.Far from there being nothing he wouldn’t do, the reality is that he is doing very little to keep schools open safely and to support children and young people with practical ways so that they can keep learning during this pandemic. 1.49pm GMT From Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation thinktankWhat can you never have enough of? Different furlough schemes - here's the EIGHT versions we've had during this pandemic (although three of them never happened) pic.twitter.com/Y76vUtKfjO Continue reading...
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