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[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_link_target=”_self” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” overlay_strength=”0.3″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]The NBRA was extremely disappointed to hear yesterday that ministers have backed down on their plan to return primary pupils to school this term.

Chris Weeks, NBRA Director said: “At a time where there has been no virus deaths in a third of London for a week and huge public protest gatherings, the risk of bringing primary children back is surely very low. Many members desperately short of work saw the return to school as hopefully a turning point to normality by increasing traffic and allowing parents back to work. This would surely have kickstarted the repair economy and is a big big setback.”

Matt Hancock, the Health Secretary, said that September was the earliest that most schools would be able to fully open.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]