Lucy Powell was accused of failing her first test as Education Secretary last night over her silence on the Jason Arday controversy.
Ms Powell and her department have not commented on the row despite growing criticism of the higher education sector.
Two former education secretaries told the Daily Mail that Ms Powell’s silence is ‘not good enough’, as they called on the Government to demand answers from the University of Cambridge.
Tory Sir Gavin Williamson warned that, while the scandal was ‘deeply humiliating’ for Cambridge ‘it is clear it was born of a wider rot that has touched all aspects of higher education
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