Sixty Conservative MPs, including Dr Liam Fox, are today backing a campaign to persuade David Cameron to clear the way for a new generation of grammar schools. Sixty Conservative MPs are today backing a campaign to persuade David Cameron to clear the way for a new generation of grammar schools. Former defence secretary Liam Fox, the chairman of the influential 1922 committee, Graham Brady, and former leadership contender David Davis are among those calling for an end to the ban on new selective state schools. The grassroots Tory group, Conservative Voice, is building support among MPs for a change in policy which it says would be a vote-winner among millions of middle-class parents.
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Grassroots Tory group building support among MPs for a change in policy
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Law forbids new grammars, whose intake is based on academic ability
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Cameron has long resisted calls to pledge to expand selective schooling
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