Gavin Williamson

Your digest of analysis and commentary from the British and international press

Boris Johnson rules out return to classrooms just 24 hours after insisting reopening was safe

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 2 September

Education secretary mulling 2021 exams delay amid warnings that pandemic has boosted inequality

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 1 September

History and biology results among the hardest hit subjects

Public First given exam grading communications role without competitive tender

New analysis compares earnings of graduates in UK and other countries as A-level grades chaos prompts admissions overload

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Wednesday 19 August

Education secretary insists he will not resign amid reports that senior officials are facing sack

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 18 August

‘Seeds of the policy disaster’ sown in letter sent by Gavin Williamson as lockdown was announced in March

Tory MPs split over the education secretary’s future as PM offers his support

Teachers and pupils appeal for clarity over appeals process as universities say they cannot hold places

When revealing state secrets becomes a criminal offence

A round-up of the newspaper headlines on 2 May

Former defence secretary protests his innocence - but sympathy in short supply for 'back-stabber'

Defence secretary says UK must be prepared to use ‘hard power’ as he makes pitch for ‘bolder’ armed forces

Defence secretary warns of growing threat to UK posed by new technology

Defence secretary warns of growing threat of further Manchester-style attacks

Cabinet descends into open warfare as ministers publicly attack each other

Defence secretary says he made PM - and he ‘can break her’

After Hammond gaffe, both sides of Brexit debate are furious with PM