Schools Bill dropped.

[northwestman]

The government has abandoned its schools bill, Gillian Keegan, the education secretary, told MPs this morning.

When the government published the bill in May, it said the legislation would “deliver on the government’s mission to raise standards across the country, increasing attendance and improve safeguarding for children wherever they are educated”.

In evidence to the Commons education committee this morning, Keegan said the bill “will not progress”. She explained:

Obviously, there’s been a lot of things that we’ve had to focus on, and the need to provide economic stability and tackle the cost of living means that the parliamentary time has definitely been reprioritised on that.

And we all know that we had to do that because of the pandemic aftershocks but also the war in Ukraine and we’ve needed to support families.

Yet again, covid and Ukraine to take the blame. It's becoming a very tired and overused mantra by the Tories to explain away everything.

[davycrockett]

Third U turn in 3 days.

Dont think it’s to do with parliamentary time more 60 Tory back benches were due to oppose the motion.

Rishis back against the wall so back benchers know they’ve got power.

Has anyone counted the U turns in the last 3 months?

#brokenbritain 

[ssshrew]

Pity they didn’t do it before then schools wouldn’t have rushed into joining academies some of whom are questionable in the least.