19th February 2010

Top Tory given a lesson

East Anglian Daily Times

Teachers were given the opportunity yesterday to help shape Conservative Party policy on education when one of David Cameron's top advisers visited Chantry High School. Oliver Letwin, who is chairman of of the Tories policy review and who will be one of the authors of the party's election manifesto, heard how the professionals wanted an nd to Government meddling in the classroom and the constant diktats being issued from Whitehall. Mr Letwin was visiting Ipswich at the invitation of the town's prospective Parliamentary Conservative candidate Ben Gummer. He said: "If we are to reverse the decline in social mobility, tackle social injustice and succeed as a country, we have to improve the education we give our children. The Conservatives plan to do just that - with some of the most ambitious plans for education ever put before the electorate. But it is vital that we get as much feedback as possible to that our policy is as robust as it can possibly be. That is why I asked Oliver to hear the views of teachers in Ipswich."

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