TEACHERS and school staff could be next in line for the Covid vaccination.

Robert Halfon, chairman of the Education Select Committee, has called for teachers and support staff to be added to the vaccine priority list alongside NHS workers.

The Conservative MP told Times Radio: “The Government want to prioritise the elderly and the vulnerable and I’m absolutely in sympathy with that.

“I think there is an argument about supporting one group of workers over another, but my view is that children – educating our children – is the most important thing we can do.

“We are damaging their life chances every day that they are not in school, we’re increasing mental health worries, we know there are safeguarding hazards for children being at home, so the priority must be to get our kids back into school.

“Surely teachers and support staff must be made a priority alongside NHS workers for vaccination.”