Last week's comment pointed out that the Government, despite everything, sometimes gets things right – in that case providing a big cash injection to help ease the pressure on SEND deficits. This week, it may have set out to prove me wrong.
Postponing elections is never a good look for politicians – particularly when it looks like a move designed to avoid electoral defeat at the hands of Reform. But cancelling the postponement in a move that looks like it was designed to avoid a courtroom defeat, again, at the hands of Reform – takes U-turns to the next level.
