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Tories Announce Pathetic Covid-19 Catch Up Plans

The Tories’ own education tsar has recommended £15bn will be needed to help fund catch up programmes for kids who missed school due to Covid-19. So why have the government only proposed £1.4bn?

With Michael Walker and Dalia Gebrial.

  • Published 2 June 2021

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