Dodd Partners
Ministers accused of lacking 'ambition for children'
Policy is one of several 2019 pledges to be delayed or to have fallen by the wayside
Children's minister defends delays to landmark review and warns Covid has 'intensified' issues
Minister for school standards
Robin Walker seeks to reassure leaders spending review settlement will make pressures affordable
But data doesn't show how many schools are yet to receive deliveries
KS4 data also shows how disadvantage gap has widened according to government's own metric
Education committee chair to introduce bill in Parliament which could class schools as 'essential infrastructure'
DfE data shows Covid absences nationally rose to 3.2 per cent on October 21
