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• Rishi Sunak attacks Labour plan for VAT on private school fees

  28-09-2023 20:46
  
  PM accuses Keir Starmer of stoking a ‘class war’ and Tories seek to portray Labour as flip-flopping on policyRishi Sunak has accused Keir Starmer of stoking a “class war” by maintaining his vow to add VAT on to private school fees if Labour wins the next election, a move that Sunak said would “punish” affected parents.The prime minister said Labour’s approach “illustrates that they don’t understand the aspiration of families like my parents w
  
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• Rishi Sunak refuses to endorse Suella Braverman’s claim multiculturalism has failed – as it happened

  28-09-2023 19:20
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereThe former SNP minister Fergus Ewing has claimed his party no longer stands up for Scotland as he was suspended for a week after a disciplinary vote by fellow MSPs.The sanction, which was backed by 48 votes to nine with four abstentions, came about after Ewing voted against the SNP-Green government in a no-confidence motion against the Scottish Green minister Lorna Slater.The SNP I joined would never have asked me, or in
  
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• Loose language leaves Labour accused of flip-flop on private schools

  28-09-2023 19:16
  
  Shadow ministers used ‘charitable status’ as shorthand for main goal of introducing tax changesHas Labour flip-flopped on stripping private schools in England of their charitable status? Senior party figures from Keir Starmer down have certainly been guilty of using loose language, conflating such a move with their plan to apply VAT to private school fees and other tax breaks.Starmer said in July last year: “When I say we are going to pay for kids to catch up at school, I also
  
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• University dropout rates reach new high, figures suggest

  28-09-2023 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been a 28% rise in students not completing degrees in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
  
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• Labour drops plan to strip public schools of charitable status

  28-09-2023 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Party drops promise to remove some charity tax perks but says it will implement VAT on fees.
  
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• Teenage boy sentenced after stabbing teacher at Tewkesbury school

  28-09-2023 17:16
  
  Fifteen-year-old given 14-month detention and training order over attack on Jamie SansomA 15-year-old boy who stabbed a teacher in a school corridor after telling friends he wanted to kill somebody and researched how to buy firearms in the UK has been given a 14-month detention and training order.The teenager covered his face with a snood and a hooded top before attacking Jamie Sansom with a 6in (15cm) kitchen knife. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Our work is changing all the time’: why no two days are the same for an emergency responder

  28-09-2023 15:14
  
  From assisting people fleeing the conflict in Sudan to supporting those affected by fires or floods, the British Red Cross is always ready to respond during a crisis. Here, two volunteers share the experiences that have shaped them
  Mohammed Abdulkarim remembers clearly the first time he was called out as a British Red Cross emergency response volunteer four years ago. A fire, thought to have been started by a discarded cigarette, ripped through a seven-storey student accommodation block in Bolto
  
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• Parents: have you been affected by nursery closures in the UK?

  28-09-2023 14:14
  
  We want to speak to parents of nursery-age children, as well as providers, who have been affected by closuresWe want to speak to parents and early years providers in the UK who have been affected by nursery closures.If you run a nursery that has had to shut recently, tell us about why – what were the factors behind the closure? Continue reading...
  
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• Decision: Improvement notice issued to Hull city council

  28-09-2023 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  An improvement notice issued due to poor performance in the council's children's social care services.
  
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• Transparency data: Period product scheme: management information

  28-09-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  A summary of management information collected on the Department for Education’s period product scheme.
  
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• Official Statistics: Planned local authority and school expenditure: 2023 to 2024 financial year

  28-09-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Local authority spending plans for education, children's services and social care.
  
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• Official Statistics: Employer skills survey: 2022

  28-09-2023 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Official statistics on vacancies, skills gaps and training, from the employer skills survey 2022.
  
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• Medieval Murder Maps plots historic killings

  28-09-2023 06:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Medieval Murder Maps is a website plotting crimes based on 700-year-old coroners' inquests.
  
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• Write off student loans to stop NHS staff leaving in England, experts say

  28-09-2023 02:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Think tank wants financial incentive to keep NHS nurses, midwives and physios in England for 10 years.
  
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• Press release: Thousands more pupils to receive support to improve attendance

  28-09-2023 01:15 via gov.uk
  
  Government announces four new attendance hubs, widening the support to a total of 400,000 pupils.
  
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