Liz Truss pitches herself as the ‘education prime minister’

Tory leadership hopeful outlines plan that includes replacing failing academies with new wave of free schools'

Liz Truss has pitched herself as the education prime minister" with a plan that includes replacing failing academies with a new wave of free schools" and improving maths and literacy standards.

The Tory leadership hopeful, whose endorsement by party heavyweights has added to the sense she is pulling ahead of rival Rishi Sunak in the race for No 10, unveiled a six-point strategy on Saturday to get Britain's education system back on track".