Boris Johnson has awarded a knighthood to Gavin Williamson, despite a ministerial record that includes the Covid exams debacle as education secretary and being sacked as defence secretary for allegedly leaking secure information. The news prompted anger from opposition parties, with Labour calling Williamson’s record “disgraceful”. The Liberal Democrats called the knighthood “an insult to every...
Gavin Williamson accused of creating ‘havoc’ as secondary schools set for delayed return
Education secretary Gavin Williamson has been accused of “chaotic” decision-making after it emerged that the full return of England’s secondary schools would be delayed by a week. Schools will be allowed to stagger the starting date of the new academic year to allow for on-site Covid testing to take place, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. Labour said the plan showed a “staggering...