WATCH: Williamson. “After schools shut their gates on Friday afternoon, they will remain closed until further notice.”

“We will not go ahead with assessments or exams, and that we will not be publishing performance tables for this academic year.”

Budget 2) John Glen: The challenges we face of the virus and of weak productivity can’t be met by the repetition of small state mantras

The Chancellor’s measures leave us well prepared to tackle its short-term challenges as well as helping to shape the long-term trajectory of the economy.

Robert Halfon: The Budget we need today is for social as well as physical infrastructure

Plus: As of writing, I’ve had hardly any communications at all from constituents about the Coronavirus.

Free speech is in crisis at universities. Just ask Rudd.

Students are the next round of lawyers, politicians and other key decision-makers. That’s why we must tackle their censorious ways.

John Bald: Copying is not an effective way for pupils to learn

It can mask a lack of knowledge and causes constant switches in attention. The time is right for a concerted effort to get rid of it.

As the coronavirus spreads, Hancock is endangered by twin perils – complacency and panic

At the least, we can expect reduced growth worldwide – and a more expansionary Budget next month.

Daniel Bruce: Why the new Dfid and Foreign Office team must lead the way in tackling aid corruption

Let’s use ever-increasing intelligence – and stop the flow of dirty money out of poor countries.

John Bald: My law of education – the more that is written down, the less is actually done

The paperwork mountain grows for Special Needs – yet children are still sent to schools that leave them suffering.

Ryan Bourne: The real Budget question on borrowing is not “could we?” but “should we?”

My answer would be “maybe, provided the spending or tax cuts significantly improved our growth potential.”

“There are kids who can read and write today because of Nick Gibb”

Politicians get a kicking, sometimes deservedly, but if you want an example of committed public service, look no further, on this reshuffle day, than at this one.

Reshuffle 1) The lesson of this PJ Masks shakeup. For Johnson and Cummings, it is truly Do or Die.

We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.

Julian Brazier: Universities in the bottom half of the sector would howl. But here are the reforms we should make to the system.

Surely there is a strong case for capping student applications, not in arbitrary numerical terms, but on the basis of academic achievement at school?

Stephen James: Why I have launched the Conservative Friends of Education

We will provide an environment for teachers and governors who support our Party, to meet, discuss, and campaign together.

Ben Obese-Jecty: Defeating gangs means giving their members a second chance

Tagging offenders, and the provision of work programmes, can rescue those at risk of being lost to a path from which they will find it difficult to return.

Mark Lehain: No, Ben – every child must be given the chance to share our common heritage

Sending pupils early into academic and vocational pathways would allow too many schools to lower their sights and expecations.