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Originally Posted by Pierre
If Liverpool council want to lock down Liverpool that’s their prerogative, crack on. But leave the rest of the country to do what’s best for them.
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England is highly-centralised and a council can't close down schools at its own will.
If you remember back in mid-December:
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The leader of Greenwich Council has said he has "no choice" but to ask schools to remain open after threats of legal action from the government.
The authority wrote to head teachers asking for classes to move online from Tuesday amid rising Covid-19 cases.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson ordered the council to keep all schools open until the end of term.
Council leader Danny Thorpe said he could not justify using public funds to fight the decision in the courts.
In a statement, the Labour councillor said he did not agree that it was right to keep schools open but he had "no choice but to ask our schools to keep their doors open to all students, rather than just continuing with online learning".
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...yside-55520939