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Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer reveals his children have been at school and calls for consensus to get pupils back in classroomSir Keir Starmer's children have been able to go to school during the coronavirus pandemic, the Labour leader has disclosed as he urges Boris Johnson to work with parents and unions to build a consensus for primaries to reopen in England next month. The Labour leader said in an interview today that he knew the importance of keeping children in education because his son and daughter had both attended local state schools in his north London constituency during the lockdown as Sir Keir's wife Victoria is a key worker in the National Health Service. Reopening schools is seen as a vital step in getting Britons back to work after the nine week coronavirus lockdown which has forced the economy into reverse. But Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, is facing a struggle against a combination of over 50 councils and teaching unions which are refusing to agree to a partial reopening of English primary schools in the week starting June 1. Sir Keir said that his children - an 11 year old son and nine year old daughter who he has never named publicly - are already at local schools in Camden because his wife Victoria has 'key worker' status because she works in occupational therapy in the National Health Service. Speaking to the Telegraph's Chopper's Politics podcast, Sir Keir said: "Our children have been in school throughout [the coronavirus crisis] and it's a reminder that this perception that schools are shut at the moment and the question of whether we open them is wrong.




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