The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades is up on last year, national figures show, but the inequality in results between independent schools and comprehensives in England has widened. Hundreds of thousands of students received their A-level results on Thursday morning, with more than a quarter (27.8 per cent)Continue Reading
Labour’s education secretary has confirmed that the government does not plan to lift visa restrictions imposed on international students by the previous Conservative administration. The restrictions, introduced in January, bar most overseas students from bringing family members to the UK. Bridget Phillipson was asked in an interview with Sky NewsContinue Reading
Former Conservative minister Thérèse Coffey, a close ally of former prime minister Liz Truss, applied for a senior job in the Treasury after being defeated in her constituency at the general election. Ms Coffey, who served as Ms Truss’s deputy prime minister, tried to become the UK director at theContinue Reading
The vast majority of Labour voters support Keir Starmer moving the country to a shorter working week, according to a new poll. Nearly three-quarters, 72 per cent, back the idea, pollsters Survation found. Tory voters were less keen, with less than half, just 43 per cent, in favour. But, perhapsContinue Reading
Jess Phillips has said she “could have phrased” a tweet shared after gangs of men in balaclavas turned out in Birmingham “better”. The Home Office minister wrote that “rumours have been spread that a far right group were coming and it was done entirely to get Muslim people out onContinue Reading
One of Sadiq Khan’s housing schemes oversaw the completion of just 71 new affordable homes in London during the last economic quarter, falling hundreds short of his own target. The mayor’s Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26 (AHP) also only started work on a further 150 properties between April and June 2024,Continue Reading
The former victims commissioner has called for rape and sexual assault cases to experience the same swift treatment seen over the riots. Dame Vera Baird called for a trial period in which the crimes were fast-tracked through the justice system, saying the move could have a “significant deterrent impact”. AsContinue Reading
Jeremy Hunt has re-opened his bitter battle with Labour suggesting Rachel Reeves is preparing to use a rise in inflation as cover for “planned” tax rises. The shadow chancellor also warned the woman who replaced him at the Treasury last month “must not use this data as an excuse toContinue Reading
Liz Truss stormed off stage at an event to promote her book on after a banner featuring a lettuce was unfurled behind her as part of a stunt by a campaign group. The former prime minister, who lasted just 49 days in office, was addressing an audience in Suffolk onContinue Reading
A social media post by a renowned conservation charity calling the then-prime minister Rishi Sunak and two other ministers “liars” has been deemed “inappropriate” by the regulator. But the Charity Commission stopped short of imposing any sanctions on the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) after investigating theContinue Reading
