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OPINION - The great fuel duty fiscal fiction goes on

You may have come across the concept that the 20th century did not run from January 1900 to December 1999, but instead from July 1914 to September 2001, or perhaps until the beginning of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In a similar vein, though he may be out of parliament,…

Evening Standard

Tory chaos under Sunak has cost UK taxpayers £8.2bn, says Labour

Calculation includes policy U-turns, reshuffles, wasted time and expenses such as scrapped HS2 leg and ‘VIP’ helicopter rides

The Guardian - UK

When an outgoing Tory minister like Robert Halfon channels Gandalf, the magic of Tolkien begins to pall

From hippies to death metal and MPs, one book seems to rule them all but, oh, how I wish it didn’t

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What is a cabinet reshuffle? Tory ministers Robert Halfon and James Heappey stand down

The total number of Conservative MPs departing at the next election is currently 63

Evening Standard

Exit of two more Tory ministers forces Sunak into mini-reshuffle

Robert Halfon and James Heappey join exodus of Tory MPs from Commons as party languishes in polls

The Guardian - UK

Two ministers quit with Rishi Sunak now facing more than 60 Tory MPs standing down at election

Two respected ministers announced they are quitting their roles as the Tory exodus from the Commons grew.

Evening Standard

Braverman’s fate in the balance as Sunak faces growing pressure to sack her

Jeremy Hunt is latest senior Tory to refuse to back home secretary over her remarks on police and protests

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Tory grandee says Braverman ‘should be sacked for weaponising Armistice Day’

Former Tory attorney general Dominic Grieve said the ‘best thing Rishi Sunak can do’ is replace Suella Braverman with somebody ‘worthy of the office’ by Sunday

The Independent UK

Bereaved parents say review into student suicides in England is ‘slap in the face’

Parents say government’s planned review has too short a timeframe and will not be sufficiently rigorous

The Guardian - UK

Chant ‘from the river to the sea’ deeply offensive to many, says Downing Street

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said it is a matter for the police to decide on the appropriate response.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak to chair Cobra meeting over Israel-Hamas war terror fears

RISHI Sunak is to chair an emergency Cobra meeting amid fears that the conflict between Hamas and Israel could have increased the domestic terror…

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Sunak chairs Cobra meeting as police chief says Israel-Hamas war ‘accelerating’ terror threat

PM gathers security officials, as Met Police chief warns risk ‘being accelerated by events’ in Gaza

The Independent UK

Jewish people in UK experiencing fearful time, says minister

Education minister Robert Halfon said there are ‘ever-increasing’ incidents of antisemitism on university campuses.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman calls pro-Palestine demos ‘hate marches’

Home secretary claims protesters want to ‘erase Israel from the map’ by chanting in support of Palestine

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I’ve got news for Rishi Sunak: he no longer leads the conservative party

From Braverman’s UN threats to the net zero retreat, the Tories’ lurch to the populist right betrays their own supposed principles, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Independent UK

University students could miss out on ‘quality education’ amid funding pressure

UK universities need ‘a sustainable funding model’ to be engines of innovation and change, the higher education sector chief will say.

The Guardian - UK

University marking boycott: government urges both sides to negotiate

Education minister writes to university employers and union as tens of thousands of students are left without degree results

The Guardian - UK

Almost nine in 10 students in England feel free to express their views – survey

Concerns that ‘cancel culture’ is blighting universities appear unfounded, according to OfS report

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on England’s universities: a summer of campus discontent

Editorial: Institutions, academics and students are being ill-served by a failing marketised model of higher education

The Guardian - UK

Minister rules out lifting cap on student tuition fees in England

Raising tuition fees during cost of living crisis is not going to happen ‘in a million years’, says Robert Halfon

The Independent UK

Raising tuition fees during cost-of-living crisis ‘not going to happen’ – Halfon

His comments come after Lord Johnson of Marylebone warned that preventing fees rising with inflation has led to defunding of universities.

The Guardian - UK

If the Tory degree plan is dopey, look who’s selling it

Those charged with explaining the policy had been sent into the field without any clear idea of what the word ‘good’ actually meant

The Independent UK

Universities ‘taking advantage’ of students with rip-off courses, says Sunak

‘You you don’t have to go to university to suceed’, says PM – accused by Labour of attacking aspiration

The Independent UK

PM: Numbers cap will end students being taken advantage of with rip-off courses

Rishi Sunak said the key message of his plan is: ‘You don’t have to go to university to succeed in life.’

Evening Standard

Universities crackdown isn’t an attack on the arts, claims minister

Higher education minister Robert Halfon has defended the prime minister.

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