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Nick Clegg's weird war with a former Gove adviser

Even by coalition standards, this is an odd one

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

17 May 2014

9:00 AM

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. Officials set about drafting a clear rebuttal. But this was vetoed by David Laws, the Liberal Democrat schools minister, preventing his department from denying a damaging story.

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