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Gove criticises Labour’s proposed education tweaks

The Education Secretary has labelled the reforms as confused, but is there sense in avoiding structural upheaval?

Education Secretary Michael Gove has responded to the first step from Labour towards establishing their proposed education strategy by saying that their ideas are “so tortured they should send in the UN to end the suffering”. Another Department for Education source stated that “Labour policy on free schools is still confused”. Their words came after [...]...

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