Clegg's split over education
The Deputy Prime Minister is to open dividing lines with the Tories by insisting all teachers should be qualified, and the national curriculum should be taught in every school.
Liberal Democrats 'diverge' over education policy
A Downing Street spokesman said earlier that the Lib Dem schools minister David Laws said last week that he was "100% behind the coalition's free schools policy".
Jeremy Browne, a former Lib Dem minister, told the BBC's Sunday Politics today that the vast majority of free schools had done “an absolutely fantastic job”.
He added that he was concerned that the Liberal Democrats risked looking like a "pale imitation of the Labour Party".
"Criticising parts of the Coalition’s work will make it impossible for the Lib Dems to claim credit for Government successes," he added.
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