‘Carousel of education secretaries’ as Kit Malthouse becomes fifth in a year

Kit Malthouse ‘hasn’t displayed much of a passion for education, this post is clearly just a stepping stone’. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Opposition parties and teaching unions have accused ministers of presiding over a “carousel of education secretaries” after Kit Malthouse became the fifth person to hold the job in just less than a year.

Malthouse, the former Cabinet Office minister, was appointed by Liz Truss on Tuesday, taking over from James Cleverly, who had been in the job only two months and who was moved to be foreign secretary.