Secretary of State for Education
Former Labour education secretary suggests teachers should follow lead of supermarket staff in dealing with risk.
Education secretary Gavin Williamson hosts the daily coronavirus conference as Boris Johnson faces criticism over his handling of the outbreak. The education secretary is expected to give an update on when children will be allowed to go back to school under a plan to lift the lockdown. It comes as ministers were forced to deny reports of plans to re-open schools in three weeks' time this morning.
Education secretary has been asked to intervene 72 times as headteachers refuse to let vulnerable teens join school.
The former education secretary accused the Conservative Party of "becoming the Brexit Party".
Damian Hinds says Conservative Party does not need a manifesto or campaign launch.
Damian Hinds has launched first update to sex education in almost 20 years.
Former education secretary warns party must tackle social mobility.
It seems that plans to create more religiously selective faith schools are back on the table