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Public opinion is hardening against reopening schools

The majority of parents believe it will not be safe to send their children back on 1 June.

By Patrick Maguire

A majority of parents of school-age children believe it will not be safe for schools to reopen on 1 June, new polling for the New Statesman has found.

Some 52 per cent of parents believe the planned reopening of schools for certain year groups of the beginning of next month will not be safe, as do 53 per cent of all voters.

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