Rishi Sunak has rejected calls for the government to “immediately” introduce its Plan B for controlling Covid, amid mounting concern over rising infection levels ahead of Christmas. Healthcare leaders ...

It was an “extraordinary dereliction of duty” for the Department for Education (DfE) not to plan for Covid school closures earlier in March 2020, an academy boss has said. Sir Jon Coles, chief ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is denying his government failed to prepare for school closures during the ...

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits the UK government considered large-scale school closures at the start of the Covid ...

Former DfE director general for schools Sir Jon Coles said his trust got on planning for school closures in March 2020 before receiving direction It was an “extraordinary dereliction of duty” for the ...