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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

‘Homicidal’ Johnson considered sacking Williamson over 2020 exam results fiasco

Sir Gavin Williamson managed to hang on for another year after the 2020 exam results U-turn (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Archive)

Boris Johnson considered sacking Sir Gavin Williamson over the 2020 exam results fiasco which left him in a “homicidal mood”, the Covid Inquiry has heard.

The scandal saw the Department for Education forced into a U-turn after its algorithm intended to prevent grade inflation saw 40% of predicted results downgraded, resulting in public outcry.

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