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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christopher McKeon

Education system is destroying children’s hope for the future, says Tory MP

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A Conservative MP has claimed “cultural Marxism” is “destroying our children’s souls” and causing self-harm, suicide and “epidemic levels of anxiety”.

Miriam Cates, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire, told a conference in Westminster on Monday that young people would not have children if they did not have “hope for the future”.

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