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More than a fifth of primary school pupils in England were on-site last week during the latest lockdown, new government data (pdf) shows.
As PA Media reports, figures from the Department for Education show 21% of primary school pupils were on-site last week, while 5% of secondary school students were in class.
Anas Sarwar and Monica Lennon will face off to become the leader of Scottish Labour. As PA Media reports, the pair were both able to gain at least the required four nominations each from MSPs or Labour’s sole Scottish MP before nominations closed at noon. The party’s ruling body has set out a condensed timetable which will result in a new leader being appointed to succeed Richard Leonard by the end of next month, more than eight weeks before the Holyrood elections.
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