PMQs verdict: Corbyn tests May on grammar schools

Labour leader has one of his best PMQs as he challenges prime minister over lack of support for her education plans

Jeremy Corbyn used all six of his questions to the prime minister to press her on plans to expand existing and introduce new selective grammar schools. After May paid tribute to her predecessor, David Cameron, who announced that he was leaving parliament this week, Corbyn congratulated the prime minister for uniting the education establishment against her plans for more grammars, before repeatedly attacking the plans with evidence from across the sector.

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