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Video appearing to show Labour MP altercation ‘a matter for the police’

Mr Amesbury said he will ‘co-operate with any inquiries’, after footage circulated online seemed to show him berating a man who was lying on the road.

Evening Standard

Budget 2024: Education secretary gives Labour’s latest definition of ‘working people’

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has shared the latest definition of “working people” from Labour’s manifesto.

The Independent UK

Reeves announces funding for crumbling schools and childcare ahead of Budget

The Chancellor said children ‘should not suffer for’ the dire state of the UK’s public finances.

Evening Standard

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Special educational needs system ‘not delivering’ for families – watchdog

The NAO said the Government should introduce urgent reform to put SEN provision in England on a ‘financially sustainable footing’.

The Independent UK

Ministers pause plans to open 44 new state schools in England

Decision affects secondaries and primaries approved by previous government using its ‘free school’ application process

The Guardian - UK

Planned free schools in doubt as Government launches review

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said some of the funding could have been ‘put to better use’ to improve deteriorating schools.

Evening Standard

Private school campaigners liken education secretary to Nazi over VAT plan

Bridget Phillipson has been targeted with personal abuse on Facebook by campaigners opposed to Labour’s tax policy

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Bridget Phillipson unaware of any cabinet minister who declined free Taylor Swift tickets

Education secretary says she won’t accept further freebies and recognises her privilege to receive free tickets

The Guardian - UK

Cabinet ministers angry at Budget cuts being demanded by Rachel Reeves told: We all face tough choices

But Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted there would be no return to austerity

Evening Standard

Bridget Phillipson urged to take immediate action to curb use of smartphones in schools until age 16

Smartphone Free Childhood said just 11 per cent of schools have effective restrictions in place

The Independent UK

Corbyn alliance MPs unite with Tories to oppose Labour’s private school tax raid

Pro-Gaza independents spoke out against Starmer’s plans to levy VAT on independent schools

The Independent UK

School VAT tax raid to go ahead, insists Bridget Phillipson

The education secretary last night appeared to see off a major U-turn on VAT for private school fees after a Treasury wobble

The Independent UK

Teachers in England vote overwhelmingly to accept pay rise offer

NEU snap poll shows 95% of members voting for 5.5% pay rise, ending months of industrial action

The Guardian - UK

Labour government 'to raise university tuition fees beyond £10k' despite previous pledge

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson had previously said there would be no tuition fee rise

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Major fears over Labour’s nursery plan for 9-month-olds in schools

Early years experts warn of lack of staff, playgrounds and toilets

The Independent UK

Labour freebies: The gifts Starmer and other MPs have accepted as PM under fire

Football matches, music concerts and wardrobe upgrades – here’s a guide to the gifts Keir Starmer and other MPs have accepted

The Guardian - UK

Keir has gone and half the delegates with him. It’s like a zombie apocalypse

In the graveyard slot is Wes Streeting, giving it his best shot with a greatest hits compilation to a half-empty hall

The Independent UK

Watch as Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson speak on final day of Labour Party conference

Watch as Wes Streeting and Bridget Phillipson speak at the Labour Party conference on Wednesday 25 September.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour pledges 300 new state nurseries in England within 12 months

Exclusive: Education secretary to launch callout for empty classrooms to be converted as part of free childcare plan

The Guardian - UK

Labour delegates long to celebrate, but ministers can’t quite feel the joy

The party should be toasting its landslide, but instead a state of near-paralysis seems to have set in

The National (Scotland)

Labour minister admits £14,000 gift for birthday party with journalists and lobbyists

A LABOUR minister has admitted taking a five-figure sum from a Labour donor to fund a party with journalists and lobbyists for her birthday.

The Independent UK

Teachers will be allowed to work from home in Labour plan to boost recruitment

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson hopes increased flexibility will stop women leaving teaching profession, it has been reported

The Guardian - UK

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

The first study into the Tory shake-up of childcare shows staff are overwhelmed

The Guardian - UK

Labour is cracking down on truants, but as a mother and ex-teacher, I know tough love goes only so far

When my daughter developed anxiety around school, there was little we could do to make her go. Solving the problem starts with recognising the causes, says former teacher Gillian Harvey

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s ‘change of tone’ revives foreign students’ interest in UK universities

Admissions officers report rise in number of inquiries from international students since general election

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