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The Latest Breaking News from Gillian Keegan

Government accused of insulting workers as ministers hold talks with health, education and rail unions – as it happened

Nurses’ and ambulance strikes to go ahead after latest round of talks failed to make substantial progress

The Guardian - UK

Teacher strikes: Pay talks with Government amid walkout threat ‘largely unsatisfactory’, say unions

Three education unions have ballots on industrial action which close this week

Evening Standard

Ministers warned after pay talks to act ‘now or never’ to avoid teacher strikes

A meeting between education unions and the Government has been described as ‘largely unsatisfactory’

The Independent UK

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NHS staff have to work harder to ‘justify’ more pay, Steve Barclay tells furious unions

Talks described ‘bitterly disappointing’ – but health secretary will consider one-off payment

The Independent UK

I fear for the future of teaching profession, says top London head

A leading London headteacher warned she is worried what will happen if teachers go on strike, but she also fears for the future of the profession if pay is not increased.

Evening Standard

Pay talks must deal with current year’s rise, says teaching union chief

The National Education Union said only an hour had been set aside for Monday’s talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan

Evening Standard

Talks must deal with current year’s pay rise, says teaching union chief

Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU, said only an hour had been set aside for Monday’s talks with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan.

The Independent UK

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Second cabinet minister says Twitter account hacked

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris apologises after account posts ‘deeply unpleasant stuff’

The Guardian - UK

Surprising number of Tory MPs who come from Merseyside

Merseyside only has one Tory MP but many politicians with links to our city have risen up through the Conservative Party

Liverpool Echo

Tory minister’s Twitter account hijacked by crypto fraudsters

Fake ‘special giveaway’ of cryptocurrency promoted to Chichester MP’s 32,000 followers

The Independent UK

Tory minister's Twitter account 'hacked' and flooded with Elon Musk and crypto tweets

A TORY minister's Twitter account has changed its profile picture to an image of Elon Musk while promoting a fake cryptocurrency event after being…

The National (Scotland)

Tory minister's Twitter account hijacked by crypto fraudsters in embarrassing hack

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan’s Twitter account started sending messages promoting cryptocurrency - raising fresh questions about the security of ministers' phones

Daily Mirror

Tory Education Secretary claims £28k puts teachers in 'top 10% of earners' in parts of UK

Labour branded Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, 'staggeringly out of touch' for her comment on live radio. It was not immediately clear which statistics she was referring to

Daily Mirror

Education Secretary criticised over comments on teachers’ pay

Gillian Keegan said in some parts of the country they were in the top 10% of earners.

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The Independent UK

Schools and colleges get rebuilding cash boost, says Keegan

The Education Secretary said her department was also working to retain and recruit ‘brilliant teachers’.

Daily Mirror

Britain's schools at breaking point with nothing left to give, headteacher warns

Headteacher Richard Slade said his school faces a minimum £154,000 deficit this financial year. He warned children's safety could be put at risk if schools are forced to make too many cuts

The Guardian - UK

Trade unions vow to oppose anti-strike laws for NHS and ‘critical infrastructure’

Cabinet minister Gillian Keegan suggested extending ban on police and military taking industrial action to other sectors

Daily Mirror

Tory Education Secretary Gillian Keegan does not believe white privilege exists

Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, said 'I don't, for me, think that there is a privilege to being white on its own' adding 'I don't think it's a fact' and 'there's a lot of debate'

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The Independent UK

Education Secretary says white privilege is not a ‘fact’

She said schools should not be ‘teaching things as fact that are debates’

The Guardian - UK

Minister backs curbing right to strike of more public sector workers in UK

Education secretary Gillian Keegan suggests NHS staff could be put on same footing as police officers and military

The Guardian - UK

Decision to approve Cumbria coalmine is ‘bad policy, bad politics’ and ‘environmental vandalism’, says Labour – as it happened

Lisa Nandy calls decision ‘absurd’ and says new coal will be used for steel and not electricity generation

The Independent UK

NHS staff could be banned from striking, says cabinet minister

Government considering whether to curb rights of health workers, says Gillian Keegan

Evening Standard

Education secretary Gillian Keegan urges teachers not to strike as pupils missed ‘enough’ learning in pandemic

A Cabinet minister on Thursday urged teachers not to strike and hit children’s education which suffered so much during the Covid pandemic.

Daily Mirror

Labour private school fees crackdown set to raise £10million from Eton alone

Eton’s fee income last year was £53.2million last year, which amounts to at least £10.6million in missed VAT, according to the party's analysis

Evening Standard

Transgender guidance for schools delayed until next year

Guidance for schools is ‘clearly critical and needed’, MPs warn

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