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Exam-obsessed school system doesn’t make the grade

Letters: Readers respond to Alan Milburn’s finding that exam-focused schools are failing to prepare pupils for the real world

The Guardian - UK

Are British schools ‘exam-obsessed’? Teachers think so

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The Independent UK

Labour’s youth unemployment tsar hits out at ‘exam-obsessed’ British schools

The former Labour minister is currently leading a review into young people and work

The Independent UK

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‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

Former minister leading review into young people and work cites survey showing most teachers decry lack of ‘soft skills’

The Guardian - UK

Young people ‘more likely to leave for health reasons when in low-paid, insecure jobs’

Research for TUC analyses link between job quality and economic inactivity, as UK youth unemployment rises

The Guardian - UK

Give mayors more powers to tackle youth unemployment crisis, says Alan Milburn

Exclusive: Government’s work tsar warns that having young people not in work will create ‘long-term scarring effect’

The Guardian - UK

UK companies struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs told

Business lobby groups say firms less likely to take on staff with few qualifications or who have gaps in their CVs

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on rising youth unemployment: regional leaders as well as ministers must take action

Editorial: Worsening health is only part of the reason for the concerning rise in young people who are neither studying nor working

The Guardian - UK

UK parents fear young will be worse off for first time in a century, ex-minister warns

Alan Milburn says people feel ‘social contract is being broken’ as number of Neets climbs to 957,000

The Guardian - UK

Young bearing the brunt of UK tax and wage changes, says BoE economist

Huw Pill warns combined effect of national insurance and minimum wage rises have ‘acute’ effect on youth employment

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has no coherent social mobility plan, says top government adviser

Exclusive: Warning from Social Mobility Commission chair comes after UK report found ‘entrenched disadvantages’

The Guardian - UK

Alan Milburn launches major UK review into rising inactivity among young people

Report to highlight ‘uncomfortable truths’ and could recommend ‘radical change’, former health secretary says

The Guardian - UK

DWP chief paves the way for more benefit cuts as Starmer warned over spending

The OBR projects that Labour has added £11bn on to public spending – largely to pay for welfare reversals

The Independent UK

Starmer signals fresh push on welfare reform in bid to move on from Budget row

The Prime Minister will make the case for a welfare system shake-up after the axing of the two-child cap in the Budget was welcomed by Labour MPs.

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The Guardian - UK

Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending

The Guardian - UK

Half of all UK jobs shed since Labour came to power are among under-25s

Exclusive: David Blunkett warns Keir Starmer Britain’s youth are in danger of becoming ‘lost generation’ on his watch

The Guardian - UK

Review to look at role of mental health issues in UK youth unemployment

Former health secretary Alan Milburn’s review is exploring reasons for rising inactivity among young people

The National (Scotland)

Meet the industry bosses running UK Government departments

THE former CEO of BAE Systems, the British Airways executive who oversees its lobbying team, the chairman of the Petrochemical giant Ineos and…

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Can the old-but-new NHS league tables revive the health service?

The new system resembles Tony Blair’s star-rating regime, which was eventually scrapped. Whether naming and shaming leads to improvements remains to be seen

The Guardian - UK

Cuts to welfare. Cuts to international aid. Has Labour lurched too far to the right?

People on benefits are worried and some MPs are talking of ‘cruelty’. Is Keir Starmer’s plan to cut public spending a betrayal of his party’s values?

The Conversation

Abolishing NHS England could shift power from the centre – but health service overhauls rarely go well

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has announced plans to abolish NHS England, the organisation that oversees and manages the NHS in England, employing 19,000 people.

The Independent UK

The NHS must treat its ‘corridor care’ crisis as a wake-up call

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The results of a nurses’ survey show that patients are routinely receiving care in hospital corridors and waiting areas. The situation is appalling – but health service managers must now examine how their problems are caused not so much by underfunding as by disorganisation

The Guardian - UK

Streeting’s reforms could save the NHS from the private sector. He must not fail

Fears over the health secretary’s plan are understandable. But patients and doctors alike are now fleeing the service for other providers

The National (Scotland)

'No plan': Scottish Government rules out Labour health board league tables

SCOTLAND’s Health Secretary has said there are “no plans” to introduce hospital league tables after NHS bosses hit out at plans for them in…

The Guardian - UK

Wes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation

The plan to introduce league tables is a simplistic gimmick that will demoralise NHS staff – and sideline their incredible work, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

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