THE government’s attack on teaching unions was slammed as a “clumsy attempt” to divert attention from its poor performance during the Covid-19 crisis today.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed to end the Tories’ “softly, softly” approach to teaching unions and to get all children back in school by September “come what may,” it was reported at the weekend.

He also slammed the National Education Union (NEU) — churlishly branding it the No Education Union — and said that Tory MP William Wragg “is their only sane member,” according to a source in the Daily Mail.