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Phillipson asked to consider mandating CCTV in nurseries after paedophile case

The Education Secretary made a statement in the Commons on Thursday about the ‘sickening case’ of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan.

Evening Standard

Phillipson: We must learn every lesson in case of paedophile nursery worker

The Education Secretary has made a statement in the Commons about the ‘sickening case’ of paedophile nursery worker Vincent Chan.

Evening Standard

Girlguiding makes ‘difficult decision’ to stop admitting trans girls as members

The organisation made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.

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Trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding, organisation says

The organisation has made its policy change eight months after the Supreme Court ruling on biological sex

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The Guardian view on the Send crisis: Bridget Phillipson must be tough with the Treasury so children aren’t penalised

Editorial: Tory special needs reforms upended council finances, but Labour’s plan to rebuild public provision won’t come cheap if it’s done properly

The Guardian - UK

Impasse over EHRC single-sex spaces guidance ‘distracting from other issues’

Staff at human rights body said to be ‘desperate for regime change’ over inertia after court’s legal definition of a woman

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What has happened since the UK supreme court’s gender ruling?

Official guidance has yet to be published after landmark judgment seven months ago

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Senior minister insists employment rights U-turn does not breach manifesto

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insisted the Employment Rights Bill remained ‘the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation’.

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Labour MPs attack Starmer U-turn over workers’ rights as ‘complete betrayal’

Former minister says ditching plan for day-one protection against unfair dismissal ‘definitely is a manifesto breach’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer accused of ‘complete betrayal’ by Labour backbenchers after workers’ rights U-turn

The government has found itself in a stand off with Labour backbenchers who have accused ministers of breaking a manifesto pledge

The Independent UK

Rachel Reeves accused of misleading voters over £20bn Budget black hole – live updates

The fiscal watchdog said the chancellor knew about its revised prediction well before she changed course to raise taxes

The Independent UK

Ministers face calls to explain how £6bn Send funding hole will be paid for

Bridget Phillipson tells MPs that Send costs in England will not fall on core schools funding but on government budget

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer’s awkward apology for leading pupils in banned 6-7 dance

The prime minister told headteacher Jo Anderson: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

Evening Standard

Starmer apologises after encouraging pupils to take part in viral trend: ‘I didn’t start it, Miss’

‘You know children get into trouble for saying that in school,’ the teacher toldthe prime minister after he participated in the viral ‘6-7’ trend with pupils

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Delayed trans guidance branded ‘licence to discriminate on looks’

The proposed code of practice will be used by businesses and other organisations to inform their provision of single and separate-sex services.

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UK government insists it is ‘taking time to get this right’ on single-sex spaces

Labour accused of delaying new rules to avoid backlash, after leak of EHRC guidance saying trans people could be questioned based on looks

Evening Standard

PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

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Education Secretary says asylum reforms ‘will be a fair system’ amid concerns

A raft of measures were set out on Monday to overhaul the asylum system.

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Long-awaited transgender guidance under careful consideration, says Phillipson

The revised code has been produced in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling in April.

The Independent UK

EHRC guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’ as trans people ‘could be banned from single-sex spaces based on looks’

Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behaviour or concerns raised by others

The Independent UK

Motherland star’s urgent plea about ‘devastating’ impact of Sats on Send children

Anna Maxwell Martin among campaigners to say primary Sats impact Send children

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Sats ‘devastating’ for Send pupils, Motherland star and parent campaigners say

Anna Maxwell Martin and 22 parent organisations and campaigners were delivering an open letter to the Education Secretary.

The Guardian - UK

‘They all think Keir is done’: how push to protect Starmer’s job backfired spectacularly

Botched briefing operation was proof to many that PM is leading an ineffectual No 10. How did it go so wrong?

Evening Standard

Children’s services should come before Parliament over Sara Sharif failings – MP

Surrey County Council has apologised after a safeguarding review found a series of missed opportunities to protect the 10-year-old.

The Guardian - UK

All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets

Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms

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