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Rayner lawyers ‘made scapegoats’ and ‘did not give her tax advice’ on flat at centre of row: UK politics live

Angela Rayner said she was given inaccurate legal advice that led her to underpay tax when buying a flat in Hove in May

The Independent UK

Up to 7,000 more school nursery places to be rolled out from September 2026

The Department for Education has announced £45 million in funding will create 300 further new or expanded school-based nurseries.

Evening Standard

Phillipson 'Ashamed' of UK Child Poverty: Faith Leaders Urge Labour to Act or Risk Education Collapse

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admits shame over 4.5M children in poverty. Faith leaders demand scrapping two-child cap

International Business Times UK

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Back to school: new rules for pupils and an uncertain future for education minister

French children heading back to school this week face stricter phone bans, tougher exams and new lessons in sexuality and AI, while Education Minister Elisabeth Borne is hoping a fresh start in classrooms will clear the political storm clouding her own future.

Radio France Internationale

Reform UK accused by Cabinet minister of ‘whipping up anger’ over asylum hotels

But deputy leader Richard Tice said it is ‘ridiculous’ to suggest Reform has encouraged the violent scenes at some protests.

Evening Standard

Rayner has right to spend money as she chooses, says Phillipson in row over flat

The Education Secretary said the Deputy Prime Minister has insisted she followed the rules over her £800,000 purchase in Hove.

Evening Standard

Farage and Reform ‘whipping up anger’ on migrants, cabinet minister warns

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson claimed Mr Farage has ‘no interest’ in finding solutions to the migrant crisis and small boats

The Independent UK

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Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ‘ashamed’ of child poverty levels

The minister said the Government was looking at every way of reducing levels of child poverty, including benefits changes.

Evening Standard

Scheme offering free meals and activities to poorer pupils in holidays extended

It comes as working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare a week for children older than nine months from Monday.

Evening Standard

Young people ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental health conditions, Hunt says

Definitions of mental ill health and neurodivergence have been expanded, leading to overwhelm in the system, according to a new report

The Independent UK

Young people being ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental ill health – Hunt

The former health secretary argued that society has ‘lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process’.

Evening Standard

Trump’s education secretary Linda McMahon makes Long Island high school’s mascot a ‘top priority’

McMahon continues defense of New York schools fighting to hang onto indigneous names amid legal battles, lashing out at ‘woke ideologues’

The Independent UK

‘Broken’ immgration system spilling over into tensions in NI, DUP minister says

Unionist politicians have asked for investigations into the legal planning status of hotels in the region housing asylum seekers.

Evening Standard

Education Department Plans To Transfer Some Student Loans Operated By This Servicer By Year's End — Here's What We Know

The Education Department will begin shifting an unspecified number of federal student loans away from MOHELA to other servicers by year's end, according to recent correspondence between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

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GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes – report

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

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The Independent UK

The ten technical colleges that will train 40,000 construction workers

The government hopes the ten construction technical excellence colleges will help reduce reliance on foreign workers

Evening Standard

Phillipson ready to ‘redouble efforts’ to cut down on absent pupils

The Education Secretary wrote in The Daily Telegraph that tackling classroom absences was a ‘top priority’.

Evening Standard

Phillipson vows to tackle ‘thorny’ challenge facing white working-class pupils

The Education Secretary has called it is a ‘national disgrace’ that so many young people do not get what they need to progress after leaving school.

The Independent UK

There is now a backlog of 27,000 student loan complaints at the Department of Education

Tens of thousands of complaints from student loan borrowers about their lenders or schools have gone ignored as Trump seeks to gut the agency

The Independent UK

Education Secretary Linda McMahon derailed by hacker’s clown music at conservative student event

Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, president of the Young America's Foundation, blamed the Chinese Communist Party and liberals for the interruptions

The Conversation

Trump has promised to eliminate funding to schools that don’t nix DEI work – but half of the states are not complying

It’s been about six months since the U.S. Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to all schools that receive federal funding, warning them that they could risk losing this money if they promote what the department calls “pervasive and repugnant” racial preferences.

The Independent UK

New law could see universities sanctioned if they fail to uphold free speech

The government says it will ‘not tolerate the silencing of academics or students who voice legitimate views’

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