Agreeing with David Cameron was not on my bingo card, but politics in 2026 is a funny old game, and so here we are. The former prime minister has blasted the Labour government for taking ‘a spite-laden wrecking ball’ to school reforms that raised standards, improved education, and benefited children from the least well-off backgrounds. And he is right.

Labour’s infantile crusade against elitism extended to cutting the state-school Latin Excellence Programme

Since their very first days in office, Keir Starmer and his Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson have seemed intent on destroying Britain’s finest schools. The decision to add VAT to fees has led to the closure of more than 100 private schools, among them small institutions catering for children with special educational needs, top-performing prep schools and an 850-year-old Cathedral school.

Each closure means disruption for children and their families, and job losses for teachers and support workers. But Labour’s determination to wage class war and get one over on the toffs means this is of no regard. How else to explain the decision to introduce fees at short notice, and halfway through the academic year, leaving parents struggling to make alternative arrangements? Of course,........

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