A former Liberal Democrat peer has joined the Conservatives, highlighting Theresa May’s education plans as a reason for the switch. Lady Nicholson of Winterbourne, who quit the Lib Dems during parliament’s summer recess, said the prime minister’s controversial schools shakeup showed a “real commitment to delivering for the next generation”. Nicholson has returned to the party she quit more than two decades ago, welcoming the prime minister’s plans for a new generation of grammar schools. She said: “I am rejoining the Conservative party with tremendous pleasure. “We in the Conservative party have a great history of diversity, optimism in our people’s creativity and success.

Source: The Guardian September 11, 2016 00:06 UTC