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OPINION - It’s not popular and it’s not fashionable, but Rishi is dead right about maths

No one much likes a swot — a financially successful, privately educated one, who is the Prime Minister at that — telling us that we all need to get better at maths. The ferocity of the “whataboutery” outburst ran along familiar lines after the PM delivered a speech on one…

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023

Rishi Sunak humiliated as expert picked by No10 criticises his ‘tone deaf’ maths plan

Stephen Follows was asked to promote making students study maths until they are 18, but described the idea as ‘misguided and tone deaf’

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Top civil servants need more experience beyond Whitehall, watchdog chair says

Gisela Stuart said more top mandarins should have experience working in devolved administrations and the private sector.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

SNP in ‘total meltdown’ following arrests and party funding investigation, say Scottish Tories – as it happened

Scotland’s first minister says he was ‘surprised’ to learn of Colin Beattie’s arrest but adds ‘people are innocent until proven guilty’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Rishi Sunak must ‘come clean’ on financial interests today, Starmer demands

Labour demands PM shares ministerial interests – as Tory minister insists ‘nothing sinister’ going on

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Sunak’s maths to 18 plan ‘misguided’, says man asked to promote it

Film-maker asked by No 10 to be ‘maths champion’ says ‘nobody thought to ask me whether I support this policy’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Sickness drags down UK economy as job vacancies go unfilled

Rishi Sunak wants growth, but ONS figures show rising levels of inactivity because of ill-health

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Tory MSP calls for 'transparency' from own party amid Russian-linked donor reports

A TORY MSP has called for more transparency from within his own party after a report suggested the Conservatives are still receiving funds from…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 18, 2023

Sunak hasn’t done ‘anything sinister’ over financial interests, insists minister

The Prime Minister is being investigated by Parliament’s standards watchdog.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

‘Nothing sinister’ in how Rishi Sunak declared his wife’s shares in childcare agency, says minister

Policing minister Chris Philp said the PM had followed the correct procedure for highlighting ministerial interests

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2023