Minister Robert Jenrick has slammed a school's decision to remove William Gladstone from its name because of the Victorian politician's links to slavery. The William Gladstone Church Of England Academy, in Jenrick's Constituency of Newark, Nottinghamshire, is now known as The King's Church of England Primary Academy. It comes as Jenrick is set to change laws to make it harder for left-wing councils to conduct a 'revisionist purge' by taking down statues and changing road names. The Government is set to change laws to make it harder for left-wing councils to conduct a 'revisionist purge' by moving statues and changing road names. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick will change the law and make it so that historic monuments cannot be removed without a formal planning process.

Source: Daily Mail January 17, 2021 12:10 UTC