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House of Lords vote against Government plan to end tax breaks for private schools

The move follows a series of setbacks for the Government on its tax plans

The Independent UK

Blow for Government as Lords vote against ending tax relief for private schools

Peers supported a Conservative amendment to the Non-Domestic (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill with a majority of 91.

Evening Standard

Children prefer learning in temporary classrooms, Education Secretary claims amid concrete crisis

Gillian Keegan made the claim about ‘high-quality’ portable cabins as she updated MPs on how the Government is handling problem of Raac concrete in schools

Evening Standard

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Gillian Keegan U-turns on ‘naming and shaming’ schools that miss Raac survey deadline

Education secretary called on schools to “get off their backsides” and return the surveys

The Independent UK

Schools that miss concrete survey deadline will not be ‘named and shamed’

The Department for Education is expected to publish the percentage of schools that have missed a Friday deadline to return a Raac survey.

The Independent UK

Concrete scandal: Minister issues ‘unreserved apology’ to schools after headteachers blamed

Exclusive: More than 400 school leaders laid out their ‘grave’ concerns about how the government was handling the RAAC concrete crisis

Evening Standard

Anxiety levels in school communities ‘high’ due to concrete crisis – union

Headteachers are feeling ‘a very heavy sense of responsibility’, according to the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.

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Children’s social care providers making ‘obscene profits’, says Baroness

Baroness Chapman of Darlington told peers that 43% of children’s services departments are currently rated inadequate or requiring improvement.

The Independent UK

Tories U-turn over Schools Bill 'power grab' after peers threaten revolt

Education Minister Baroness Barran told peers that chunks of the Schools Bill would be stripped out amid anger at plans to give the Government power to dictate academy standards

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