THEY SAID WHAT?

“I want a world in which, as far as possible, provided we can make classrooms safe, and I think we can, I want every child, every pupil, every student, back in September. I’m sure we can get it done”

- Boris Johnson, above, during a visit to a Hertfordshire school

“The UK moving to a lower alert level is a big moment for the country, and a real testament to the British people’s determination to beat this virus”

- Health Secretary Matt Hancock as the UK’s chief medical officers agreed to downgrade the coronavirus alert level from four to three

“People were promised justice and reform. The Government needs to show it’s listening and that it’s honouring its promises. Windrush Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter. Action matters”

- Windrush campaigner Patrick Vernon after helping deliver a petition to Downing Street calling for action to address failings which led to the scandal

“Although UCL is a very different place than it was in the 19th century, any suggestion that we celebrate these ideas or the figures behind them creates an unwelcoming environment for many in our community”

- UCL president and provost Professor Michael Arthur as the university renamed lecture theatres and a building named after prominent eugenicists Francis Galton and Karl Pearson

“I’ve done a little bit of baking. The children have been attacking the kitchen and it’s just been an explosion of flour and chocolate everywhere”

- the Duke of Cambridge as he visited a bakery which serves the Queen’s Sandringham Estate