Boris Johnson wants to move on – but the next phase of easing the lockdown will be even tougher

No doubt teachers, unions and parents will still have questions about the government beginning to open schools, writes Chris Stevenson

Boris Johnson has said more information about schools will be coming this week (10 Downing Street/PA)

Boris Johnson has sought to move on from the bank holiday weekend’s biggest news story, the behaviour of Downing Street aide Dominic Cummings during the lockdown.

Whatever your thoughts on the prime minister’s chief adviser going to Durham to ensure he had childcare help, Johnson trying to shift the news agenda onto schools reopening in June shows that the government still has plenty of issues to deal with.

No doubt teachers, unions and parents will still have questions about the government moving ahead with the start of its plan and things will go back and forth between them and ministers during the next week. Indeed, a member of the public – Kate from Woking – asked about how schools will have to shift how they operate.