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Is Gove abdicating responsibility for education?

Reforms are designed to open the door to business.

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Why is Whirlwind Gove acting so fast?

By dismantling educational infrastructure at such a speed, Gove is ensuring that his successors as Education Secretary will struggle…

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Is Michael Gove abdicating responsibility for education?

The stage is set for the wholesale sell-off of state education.

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