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GMB Susanna Reid choked up as she talks about her children and the struggle schools face
Good Morning Britain as she spoke about her fears over how children's education is suffering as a result of the coronavirus lockdown.Susanna, 49, and Ben Shephard, 45, were joined on the programme by Chair of the Commons Education Committee Robert Halfon who spoke about child poverty.Susanna said: "There will be some school children that by September will have missed out on months and months of formal education.Halfon replied: "Well I really worry about this."We are a country that is prioritising the opening of zoos and schools and pubs over the opening of schools."We know that something like 700,000 pupils, according to 900 headteachers in a survey, are not doing any school work at all at home."700,00 people do not also have access to the