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• Labour pledges bonus for new teachers but no commitment to 6.5% pay rise

  02-07-2023 23:30
  
  Bridget Phillipson unveils £2,400 payment for newly qualified teachers who remain in post for two yearsLabour will unveil its education offer this week with a promise to pay new teachers a £2,400 retention bonus and pledge to cut billions spent on agency workers, but has refused repeatedly to commit to giving teachers a 6.5% pay rise.Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, will set out his “mission” on schools aimed at improving school standards and extending childcare to pre-sc
  
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• Labour could investigate any claim of Jess Phillips ‘racism’, says shadow minister

  02-07-2023 23:03
  
  Bridget Phillipson says party has process to look into headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh’s complaint against frontbench colleagueA complaint against the Labour frontbencher Jess Phillips by one of Britain’s highest-profile headteachers accusing her of “racist and bullying behaviour” could be investigated, the shadow education secretary has suggested.Bridget Phillipson, a senior member of Keir Starmer’s team, said any complaint against a Labour MP should be looked in
  
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• Red wall Tory MPs put pressure on Sunak over net migration

  02-07-2023 23:00
  
  Group issues 12-point plan calling for stricter immigration rules for care workers, students and refugeesRishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election.The MPs from the 2017 and 2019 intake, who call themselves the New Conservatives, have issued a 12-point plan to cut net migration to Britain from 606,000 to 226,000 before the end of 2024.A cap
  
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• Labour plan to give teachers £2,400 to stop them quitting

  02-07-2023 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party would also make it compulsory for new joiners to have a formal teaching qualification.
  
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• I spoke to teachers preparing to strike. Their trauma was palpable | John Harris

  02-07-2023 15:00
  
  Staff are burning out and classroom cupboards are bare, hitting students hard. We should feel shock – but also a sinking sense of deja vuI love my mum,” said last Saturday’s headliner on Glastonbury’s West Holts stage. But then, as the London-born hip-hop artist Loyle Carner prepared for his next song, he got on to the really crucial part. “My mum’s a teacher; my girlfriend’s a teacher,” he said. “The only thing I feel like right now is, teac
  
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• What languages do native speakers of Mandarin and Arabic find the hardest to learn?

  02-07-2023 14:59
  
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsMandarin and Arabic often top the list of languages that are hardest to learn. But what do native speakers of those languages find the hardest to master, and why? Alex Billings, LincolnPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A selection will be published next Sunday. Continue readi
  
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• Cancer: Mum writes book to help child cope with her diagnosis

  02-07-2023 08:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Hollie was diagnosed with the big C, she feared her bond with Sydney would be lost forever.
  
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