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Labour minister blames Tories for huge council tax hikes set to hit Londoners: 'They decimated funding'

Local government funding was ‘completely decimated’ under the Tories, says Education Secretary Lucy Powell

Evening Standard · Sep 23

New Ofsted inspection regime is damaging our health, headteachers say

School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmed

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21

Union claims victory as ministers agree to fully fund pay rise for teachers in England

National Education Union welcomes news that schools will not have to partly fund increase from their own budgets

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16

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Ice cream and deep-fried food banned from UK school dinners in healthy overhaul

The new measures, including mandatory high-fibre options like lentils, aim to tackle childhood obesity

The Independent UK · Sep 13

UK needs ‘tough love’ approach to young people on benefits – Alan Milburn

The former Labour minister told The Times the state should provide greater employment support in exchange for a new ‘duty to engage’.

Evening Standard · Sep 11

Police give update after hundreds gather at first funeral for A66 crash victim in Middlesbrough

Jakub Matusiak was killed when a Volkswagen Passat he was travelling in hit a marked police car while going the wrong way down the A66

The Independent UK · Sep 4

How can we stop destroying the prospects of a generation? Scrapping compulsory GCSE resits will be a start

Michael Gove calls the axing of his Tory strategy ‘bringing back stupid’. He doesn’t seem to care that it did more harm than good, says the Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

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MPs ‘failing to learn lesson’ over freebies after accepting £400,000 of hospitality

MPs receive Harry Styles concert tickets worth £858, Chelsea flower show tickets worth £1,839, and £3,432 of hospitality at Brit awards

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

Labour stalling on Jackdaw and Rosebank because ‘heart’s not really in it’, says Badenoch – as it happened

Conservative leader says it is essential decision on oil and gas fields made as soon as possible, despite widespread concerns about climate impact

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21

Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Government confirms plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification in England as students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20

Young people who do not pass GCSE English and maths face ‘blockage’, Powell says

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades rose on last year, figures show.

Evening Standard · Aug 20

Harry and Meghan’s UK return a ‘great endorsement’ of education system, says Labour minister

Prince Harry and Meghan’s return to the UK has been described as a “great endorsement” of the UK’s education system by education secretary Lucy Powell.

The Independent UK · Aug 20

What does Labour’s GCSE resit shake-up mean for young people and parents?

A new qualification could be introduced for thousands of pupils

The Independent UK · Aug 20

What time are GCSE results released today? All you need to know

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The Independent UK · Aug 20

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Euronews · Aug 17

'Our house is on fire, Andy': Activists send stark message to PM over new oil and gas drilling

A Welsh hillside scorched by wildfire has been used as the canvas for a new piece of art.

The Independent UK · Aug 14

Jason Arday subjected to ‘campaign of sustained abuse’ since taking Cambridge role, family say

Prof Arday’s family also spoke out against what they say was a ‘campaign of misinformation’ against him

Evening Standard · Aug 13

Students to receive eagerly anticipated A-level results

A record number of 18-year-olds could be successful in securing their first-choice university on results day, Ucas said.

The Independent UK · Aug 12

A-level results day: Record number of students expected to get into first-choice universities but NEET crisis lingers

Hundreds of thousands of students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving grades to help them decide whether to progress to university, an apprenticeship or work

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The Independent UK · Aug 12

Tories demand Burnham cap student loan interest

The renewed demands to ‘fix student debt’ come as A-level students prepare to receive their exam results

The Independent UK · Aug 10

Student loans should be taught in school maths lessons, Ucas boss says

Calls for student loan finance to feature on GCSE maths curriculum after recent backlash over system

The Independent UK · Aug 3

Education Secretary plots reform to end ‘straitjacket’ system

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The Independent UK · Aug 3

Education secretary vows to undo Gove’s ‘straitjacket’ school reforms

Lucy Powell says the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach doesn’t suit all children

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

‘Tiger mum’ Lucy Powell on Labour’s vocational skills drive: ‘It’s about ambition for everybody’

New education secretary says it is ‘false trade-off’ by critics to suggest schools cannot pursue academic excellence alongside technical skills

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29

‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotion

Exclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalities

Evening Standard · Jul 28

New Education Secretary vows to look at 'egregious' student loan payments

Lucy Powell said on Monday that the scandal was ‘very much at the top of my in tray’

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