Theme 1 news Covid Johnson considered sacking Williamson after Covid exam chaos The former Conservative PM told the Covid inquiry he was in a ‘homicidal mood’ following the 2020 grading scandal… Ruth Lucas 2w Ruth Lucas 2w Covid DfE was ‘confident’ over Covid testing plan to keep schools open – rather than closures DfE permanent secretary tells the Covid Inquiry mass testing would have been ‘executed really well’ in January 2021 -… Ruth Lucas 2w Ruth Lucas 2w Covid Williamson texted PM he was ‘f****d over’ by Covid decisions Covid inquiry sees expletive-riddled text sent by Gavin Williamson to Boris Johnson over school closures and catch-up tsar’s appointment Ruth Lucas 3w Ruth Lucas 3w Covid Covid inquiry unearths more school pandemic ‘chaos’ And former education secretary says he was given just one day to plan for closing classrooms Ruth Lucas 4w Ruth Lucas 4w Covid Exclusive DfE Covid lockdown party may have gone on past 1am Staff swiped out of Sanctuary Buildings 34 times after 10am on night of party, 8 times after 1am Samantha Booth 1y Samantha Booth 1y Covid Exclusive Long Covid teachers join forces to sue ministers About 85 teachers in the UK have expressed an interest in joining the action Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Covid Williamson ‘considered resigning’ over ‘panic’ Jan 2021 school closures Former ed sec tells Covid inquiry he did not have ‘complete autonomy’ over closure decisions, and claims his advice… Freddie Whittaker 2y Freddie Whittaker 2y Covid Covid: ‘Williamson threw schools under the bus’ Inquiry hears former education secretary opposed face masks in schools to avoid ‘surrender’ to unions Amy Walker 2y Amy Walker 2y Covid Williamson opposed masks in schools because he didn’t want to ‘surrender’ to unions Evidence to the Covid-inquiry claims the former education secretary ‘didn’t want to give an inch’ to the education unions… Samantha Booth 2y Samantha Booth 2y 1 2 3 4 5 6 19 Older Must Read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 4y Tom Belger 4y
