Cabinet reshuffle

Nadhim Zahawi: 12 facts about the new education secretary

Downing Street has announced that Nadhim Zahawi is the new education secretary following Boris Johnson’s reshuffle. Here is what...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Cabinet reshuffle

‘I will work with you’: Zahawi extends olive branch to demoralised sector

New education secretary pledges to 'invest in' schools in message to sector

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

No evidence for minister’s claim parents ‘prefer to pay’ for school dinners

A government minister stands accused of misleading the public after he falsely claimed that research showed parents “actually prefer...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Kemi Badenoch replaces Nadhim Zahawi as children’s minister

Kemi Badenoch has been appointed by Boris Johnson as the new children’s minister, replacing Nadhim Zahawi. The MP for...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

40 MPs join protest over looming £4m in cuts to funding for deaf pupils

Campaigners held a protest outside parliament this week and met with the children’s minister to warn of the impact...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Healthy schools initiative has ‘come to a halt’

Delays to the launch of the government’s proposed healthy schools rating scheme have left schools “in the lurch”, according...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson
News

Still no sign of the delayed ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme

The government still doesn’t know when proposals for a ‘healthy schools’ rating scheme will come to fruition, 10 months...

Alix Robertson
Alix Robertson