29 May 2014

Hunt presses Gove for Birmingham Trojan Horse answers

The shadow education secretary has written to Michael Gove after reports the government was warned in 2010 that Muslim hardliners were trying to take control of Birmingham schools.

In the letter, Tristram Hunt said the education secretary's response had left "too many unanswered questions".

Yesterday a head teacher said he warned ministers three years before a letter alleging a "Trojan Horse plot" emerged. [BBC] Read more