UK education czar quits in major blow for Johnson

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London, Britain, April 29 2021. Picture: DAN KITWOOD/REUTERS

His resignation is a significant blow to Johnson and casts doubt over the prime minister’s efforts to repair the social damage and worsening inequalities created by the pandemic. It also opens the door to attacks from the opposition Labour Party, who wasted little time in accusing the government of failing to deliver on its signature policy to “level up” the country.

That falls far short of the £15bn recommended by Collins to rectify lost learning during the pandemic, according to the education-focused TES, which first published the education czar’s resignation letter to Johnson. “Where there is the political will, the treasury can find the money from the back of the sofa,” he told BBC radio. “There has to be that political will because we need a long-term plan for education, a proper funding settlement.”

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