New Department for Education role to be announced alongside DCMS talks with heritage bodies over re-evaluation of UK history
The government is to appoint a “free-speech champion” and tell heritage bodies not to not take significant steps in re-evaluating British history, as part of an intensification of its culture war agenda.
In a sign that ministers believe that a battle against “woke” culture plays well with voters, the Department for Education will appoint a “free-speech champion” for higher education, with changes to the law to guarantee the preservation of free speech in universities.
