Five ministers have left their posts in the DfE in the last 24 hours.
One (Zahawi) was promoted sideways and upwards to the Treasury where one of his first jobs will likely be to enforce spending restrictions on the DfE
Another (Donlan) was promoted upwards in his place.
A further three (Walker / Quince / Burghart) resigned in protest at the Prime Minister's unfitness for office.
This will give civil servants an almost free hand to get on with their job of running the show without ministers getting in the way.
Those environmental (education) groups that have spent months and years developing relationships with the old ministerial team will have to start again.
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