The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Keegan

Tory minister ridiculed for claiming private school costs same as family holiday

Parents ‘forego luxury’ of trip abroad to send kids to fee-paying schools, says Gillian Keegan

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Tory MPs condemn delay to ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices

Letter from cross-party MPs and campaigners says slow progress on legislation is a ‘moral failing’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Keegan offers little of value in statement on ‘substandard’ degrees

Education secretary makes largely symbolic speech about something that will probably never happen

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2023

Junior doctors ‘not exceptional’ says cabinet minister as she urges them to accept pay rise

A cabinet minister on Friday told junior doctors they are "not exceptional" and urged them to take Government offered pay rises.

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

Headteachers ‘have a duty’ to pick up absent pupils from home if necessary, says Gillian Keegan

School chiefs have expressed concern in recent weeks after data showed that overall attendance rates in state schools fell to 86.9 per cent on July 7

Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2023

Downing Street rejects suggestions that NHS staff payrise agreed before ‘higher’ rate offered to doctors is unfair – as it happened

Spokesman for PM also rules out further talks on wage increases with junior doctors and consultants in England

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Doctors urged to back down as strikes continue despite 6% pay offer

Junior doctors’ longest walkout yet entered its second of five days on Friday.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Minister calls for pay offer to be taken ‘seriously’ as doctors in England strike

Health unions suggest industrial action likely to continue as Gillian Keegan defends 8.8% rise on the table

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

Heads have ‘duty’ to drive absent pupils to school if necessary – Keegan

Pupil absences are at ‘crisis’ level, the Education Secretary has said.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Keegan hails degree-level apprenticeship for students seeking space sector jobs

The new course will begin in 2024.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023