LABOUR pledged to fight against attempts to open new grammar schools yesterday following speculation that Prime Minister Theresa May may end a ban on their creation.

Ms May, who backed a grammar school’s proposal to expand its premises in her own constituency of Maidenhead, is believed to be set to announce a lift on the ban at the Tory Party conference in October.

The Sunday Telegraph quoted an anonymous government source which said that allowing a new generation of grammar schools was about “social mobility and making sure that people have the opportunity to capitalise on all of their talents.”