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Home Secretary to set out border security and asylum reforms

Yvette Cooper will say the Government’s overhaul of the ‘broken’ asylum system will contribute to ending the use of asylum hotels.

Evening Standard

Judges to rule on Epping hotel injunction on Friday – as it happened

Home Office and Bell Hotel owner are challenging high court injunction granted last week to Epping council

The Guardian - UK

Treasury ‘considering taxing landlords’ rent’ to raise £2bn

Proposals for autumn budget would mean expanding national insurance to include rental income

The Guardian - UK

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Labour accepted £40k donations from criminal it kicked out of party

Keir Starmer’s party said it is returning the money from Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod who was convicted of actual bodily harm in 2022

The Independent UK

Minister dodges questions on special education for children as Starmer faces new revolt threat by Labour MPs

Education minister Stephen Morgan declined to say if pupils currently getting special educational needs support would continue to get the same level under planned reforms

Evening Standard

Ministers fail to rule out cutting Send school plans after campaigners’ concerns

Stephen Morgan insisted parents should have ‘absolutely’ no fear that support for children with special needs or disabilities will be scaled back.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Send children’s legal rights to extra support will be protected, says education secretary – as it happened

Bridget Phillipson says there will be better outcomes for all children than at present but fails to guarantee EHCPs will continue in their current form

The Guardian - UK

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A wealth tax which would hit London hard is up to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, says minister

The Government is not ruling out new tax rises after a Labour revolt over welfare reforms blew a £5 billion hole in the Treasury’s spending plans

Evening Standard

Pupils in England face lost learning from flooding and extreme heat, study finds

School leaders call for action on adaptation measures as DfE research warns of potential impact of climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Primary school pupils using screens for tests is ‘normalising’ use, Tories claim

The shadow education secretary says children as young as four are using screens as she said Bridget Phillipson is ‘ignoring’ evidence about damage.

Evening Standard

Thousands to receive GCSE results via app in pilot scheme

Tens of thousands of pupils are due to start their GCSE and A-level exams over the next few weeks

The Independent UK

Thousands of GCSE pupils to receive exam results via app this summer

Exam certificates will go digital for some students this year as part of an Education Record app to be introduced by the Government.

Evening Standard

Children’s commissioners call for a complete ban on smacking

‘Let this be Sara’s legacy,’ England’s child commissioner says

The Independent UK

‘Let UK-wide smacking ban be murdered 10-year-old Sara Sharif’s legacy’

Smacking is illegal in Wales and Scotland but there remains a legal defence in England and Northern Ireland.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Trans women should use male toilets, equalities minister says

Bridget Phillipson’s comments come after a long-awaited Supreme Court ruling last week that trans women are not legally women under the 2010 Equality Act

The Independent UK

Government defeats Conservative attempt to ban mobile phones in schools

The Conservative proposal came as MPs raised concerns about smartphones and social media’s impact on children’s mental health.

Evening Standard

Government has ‘no plans at this stage’ to legislate for smacking ban in England

Education minister Stephen Morgan responded to calls for change by saying the Government wants to look at evidence from Scotland and Wales.

Evening Standard

Labour MP calls for eligible children to automatically receive free school meals

Peter Lamb told the Commons everything possible should be done to prevent the vilification of those receiving benefits.

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The Independent UK

Ninety per cent of schools hit by crumbling concrete scandal have not had RAAC removed

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is facing calls to urgently speed up the removal of RAAC from school buildings

Evening Standard

Military personnel join veterans and public for Remembrance Sunday in Portsmouth

A service in memory of Armed Forces personnel who have paid the ultimate sacrifice was held in the city’s Guildhall Square.

The Independent UK

Ministers vow crackdown on rip-off nursery fees

Exclusive: New Labour education minister Stephen Morgan tells The Independent the problem is an issue ‘up and down the country’

The Guardian - UK

Make AI tools to reduce teacher workloads, tech companies urged

Special access granted to DfE resources to train AI models to generate workbooks and lesson plans

The Independent UK

Teachers to use AI to mark homework under new Government plan

Almost half of teachers are already using AI in some form to help with their work

The Guardian - UK

‘Pompey’ Penny Mordaunt is at risk, but there’s little love for Labour either on Portsmouth North seat

Opinion polls have the Commons leader being toppled in the general election, but voters in her constituency tell a different story

The Guardian - UK

Could ‘Great British Railways’ finally build up a head of steam?

The government is again trying to create a ‘guiding mind’ for UK train travel – and despite the delays and inertia, almost everyone wants it

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