School's out: the true cost of classroom closures

Schools have been closed for almost three months - what is the true cost of these closures on pupils (1:00)? Plus, have Brexit negotiations started looking up (13:15)? And last, are the statue-topplers of Rhodes Must Fall going about their mission the wrong way (22:45)?With teacher Lucy Kellaway; the IFS's Paul Johnson; the Spectator's political editor James Forsyth; the FT's public policy editor Peter Foster; journalists Tanjil Rashid and Nadine Batchelor-Hunt.Presented by Cindy Yu.Produced by Cindy Yu and Gus Carter.Click here to try 12 weeks of the Spectator for £12 and get a free £20 Amazon gift voucher. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.