schools full-time after councils claimed they were not consulted. An amendment agreed by local authority leaders also called on the SNP Government to hand over the scientific advice on which the decision was made.
Swinney, as chair of the Government’s Covid Education Recovery Group (CERG), announced plans for schools to go back on August 11th.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the pink box near the top of this article.Alternatively, you can visit our newsletter sign up-centre.