Editorial: The prime minister needs a clear-out of underperforming ministers like Gavin Williamson. U-turns are becoming all too common
, the education secretary, ensured it was Ofqual, the exams regulator, which announced the belated U-turn, but this was a fiasco of his making. He drew the wrong conclusion from events in Scotland, where the SNP government performed the same volte-face to prevent discrimination against pupils from disadvantaged families.
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