UK coronavirus live: Wales to reopen all schools on 29 June; MPs to get proxy vote if they are shielding
Only third of pupils to attend at any one time; Johnson says MPs who cannot attend parliament can vote in different way; Starmer tells Guardian prime minister has made ‘difficult situation 10 times worse’
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Earlier Boris Johnson implied that MPs who cannot attend the Commons to vote in person will be allowed to vote by proxy. When Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the Commons, was asked about this yesterday, he did not rule out the idea – but did not support it either.
This is from Robert Halfon, a Conservative MP who has to shield.
Thank you both. The good news is that the PM @BorisJohnson has just announced will allow #COVID19 affected MPs to vote via proxy
All schools in Wales are to reopen to pupils at the end of June, almost a month after the phased reopening began in England, the Welsh government has confirmed.
The Welsh education minister Kirsty Williams said schools would reopen on June 29 and the summer term would be extended by a week to July 27, with plans for an additional week off at half term in the next academic year.
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