During a meeting with other disgruntled Conservative MPs, George Osborne allegedly told the Education Secretary: “Now you see why I didn’t do this.”
The Education Secretary is grappling with reform of the national funding formula for schools at a time when spending on them is under pressure.
You may well hear grumbling from businesses about the levy which will help to fund them – but the effort will be worth it.
The proposed reform has lost support even among those who spent years calling for the old system to be scrapped.
The Prime Minister records her second-best ever result in our table, whilst the Communities Secretary becomes the first to record a negative score.
As long as their priority is social mobility, we should cheer on Hammond and May.
Phenomenal progress has been made to halt and begin to reverse its spread. Sustaining our efforts now is vital.
Theresa May’s austere approach to news management is a plus for government – at least, so far. But it’s turning out to be a minus for her ministers.
Theresa May and David Davis hold their ground whilst their colleagues nearly all suffer falling scores, and the Chancellor knocks Ruth Davidson out of the top three!
Theresa May is in second place and Ruth Davidson third, whilst the overall rise in positive ratings we noted last month is sustained.
Theresa May edges out Ruth Davidson for the top spot for only the second time, and there is a general rise in positive feeling about most ministers.
The lifting of the admissions cap of particular importance to Catholics.
Meanwhile, Amber Rudd has fallen right to the bottom after trouble with the Child Sex Abuse scandal and her retreat on counting foreign workers.
Those who suffer most from mixed ability teaching are, however, at the bottom of the heap rather than the top.
The Chancellor’s position recovers despite his advocacy of the Single Market, whilst the Home Secretary falls from 11th to 23rd.
During a meeting with other disgruntled Conservative MPs, George Osborne allegedly told the Education Secretary: “Now you see why I didn’t do this.”