James Forsyth James Forsyth

Nick Clegg’s weird war with a former Gove adviser

Even by coalition standards, this is an odd one

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[/audioplayer]We’ve come to expect strange things from coalition government, but the events of the last few days have been particularly odd. On Saturday, several newspapers contacted the Department of Education about a story claiming that its budget was in chaos.

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