abour leader Sir Keir Starmer has challenged Boris Johnson over the Government’s school catch-up funding plan saying it will “hold Britain back for a generation”.
It comes as an estimated eight in 10 adults in England have Covid-19 antibodies in the week beginning May 17, according to the Office for National Statistics.
The figures, which show whether someone has had the infection in the past or has been vaccinated, are up from an estimated seven in 10, or 69.9 per cent, a month earlier. In Wales, an estimated 82.7 per cent have antibodies, in Scotland 72.6 per cent, while in Northern Ireland the figure is 79.9 per cent.
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PMQ: Boris Johnson says £3bn for school catch-up plan was just a starter
In response to Keir Starmer’s criticism on the school catch-up plan, where he said Boris Johnson failed to level up, the Prime Minister said the £3bn for the plan was just a starter.
He also said that the plan included the biggest programme for one to one tutorials compared to anywhere else in the world.