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Coronavirus lockdown: Students must be allowed home at Christmas – Labour – BBC News
The party says it wants a guarantee from ministers as thousands of young people remain in campus lockdowns.
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Students in some halls at Manchester Metropolitan University are locked down in halls
The government should promise university students that they will be allowed to return home for Christmas, Labour has said.
Shadow education secretary Kate Green said it was “unthinkable” that students could continue to be locked in halls and unable to see their families.
Thousands of students are currently in lockdown at universities across the UK after coronavirus outbreaks.
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