Category: Bridget Phillipson

Nurseries in England say new rules have reduced care to ‘crowd control’

The first study into Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmedThe first major study into the Conservatives’ controversial shake-up of childcare has revealed that nursery staff are often doing more “crowd...

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Rachel Reeves tells Labour MPs she is ‘not immune’ to concerns over winter fuel allowance plans – UK politics live

Chancellor tells meeting of Parliamentary Labour Party there will be more difficult decisions to come Like the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Government plan to cut winter fuel payments could push 100,000 more pensioners into poverty, thinktank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension credit will increase poverty levelsLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory...

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Government plan to means-test winter fuel payments could push extra 100,000 pensioners into poverty, thintank says – UK politics live

Joseph Rowntree Foundation says removing winter fuel payments from those not receiving pension creditLike the Telegraph (see 11.25am), the Times has also published a new article with a Tory endorsement for Kemi Badenoch, but...

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Starmer rejects Badenoch’s claim Labour is ‘clueless’ and urges Tories to apologise for the ‘mess they made’ – as it happened

PM says he will not take lectures from previous government as Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaignKemi Badenoch is speaking now. She says she wants to talk about the future.She was born in the UK, but “grew up...

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Starmer rejects Badenoch’s claim Labour is ‘clueless’ and urges Tories to apologise for the ‘mess they made’ – UK politics live

PM says he will not take lectures from previous government as Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaignKemi Badenoch is speaking now. She says she wants to talk about the future.She was born in the UK, but “grew up...

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Starmer rejects Badenoch’s claim Labour are ‘clueless’ and urges Tories to apologise for the ‘mess they made’ – UK politics live

PM says he will not take lectures from previous government as Kemi Badenoch launches Tory leadership campaignKemi Badenoch is speaking now. She says she wants to talk about the future.She was born in the UK, but “grew up...

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Bridget Phillipson says failing schools could still be forced to be academies despite end of Ofsted single-word ratings – UK politics live

Single-word Ofsted judgments for state schools scrapped and replaced by report cards aimed at improving standardsHere is the news release from the Department for Education about the removal of single-word verdicts on schools in...

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Government ‘putting passengers first’, says minister, as she accuses Tories of deliberately prolonging strikes – UK politics live

Louise Haigh says she hopes three-year pay deal offered to train drivers will resolve strikesChief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones has said the pay deal offered to train drivers was “good deal for the...

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Education secretary warns of ‘baked-in’ inequality in English school system

Bridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level resultsThe education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has warned of “massive” inequality in England’s education...

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