What will a confusing election outcome mean for education policy in England and Wales?
Choosing to capitalise on a huge lead in the polls, and an apparently floundering Labour party, Theresa May called a snap election. This was a gambit designed to cement her authority ahead of Brexit negotiations – and it backfired.
With a hung parliament, a minority government and a shaky alliance with the DUP, May is still prime minister. But the mandate she sought evaporated with the exit polls.
So what can we expect for education under this new government?
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