Conservative leader launches Welfare That Works policy document outlining benefit reductions of £36bnBadenoch and Whately are now taking questions.Q: [From Rob Powell from Sky News] We are running a report on the Netherlands,...
Read MoreMet says several people have been in contact since start of disgraced comedian’s rape and sexual assault trialBrand sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assaultPolice have received further criminal...
Read MoreLucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculum Pushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”,...
Read MoreLucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculumPushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”,...
Read MoreExclusive: Letter to PM, also signed by Sally Phillips, says reforms will unfairly remove children’s legal protectionsCampaigners are calling on Andy Burnham to abandon the core elements of the government’s reforms to special...
Read MoreExclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise ‘serious concerns’ about new systemSchool inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of...
Read MoreWork and pensions secretary says the current system is flawed because it consigns too many people to a life on benefits when they would be better off working‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour...
Read MoreThe deputy leader wants the party to take advantage of a split on the right and not be embarrassed to show its valuesLabour must “reunite the progressive voter coalition” if it is to take advantage of a split on the right and...
Read MoreResolution Foundation says households outside London are paying hundreds of pounds a year more in council tax than they would be under a fair systemTim Shipman has written about what will be coming up at the Labour conference...
Read MoreMichael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good GCSE results day was marked with the usual front pages filled with pictures of beaming students....
Read MoreGovernment announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and...
Read MoreNew education secretary says it is ‘false trade-off’ by critics to suggest schools cannot pursue academic excellence alongside technical skillsLucy Powell has said she wants to be an ambitious “tiger mum” for all young people,...
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