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• Winners and losers: Who got what in the spending review?

  11-06-2025 20:40 via bbc.com
  BBC correspondents analyse how departments have fared and the impact decisions could have on you.
  
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• UK politics: Police chiefs say funding ‘falls far short’ of what is needed to meet government’s ambitions – as it happened

  11-06-2025 19:11
  NPCC’s Gavin Stephens says settlement in spending review will cover little more than inflationary pay risesSpending review: key points at a glanceGreen party MPs and activists joined a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party’s co-leader, said:We expect the chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax
  
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• Decision: Revised direction issued to Devon County Council: June 2025

  11-06-2025 17:00 via gov.uk
  A revised statutory direction issued to Devon County Council due to poor performance in children’s services.
  
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• Correspondence: DfE Update: 11 June 2025

  11-06-2025 16:29 via gov.uk
  Latest information and actions from the Department for Education about funding, assurance and resource management, for academies, local authorities and further education providers.
  
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• Spending review: Reeves vows to ‘renew Britain’ with big rises for NHS, housing and defence

  11-06-2025 15:49
  Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels, as she contrasts Labour investment with Tory austeritySpending review 2025: key points at a glanceFive charts underpinning Rachel Reeves’s decisionsRachel Reeves has pledged to “renew Britain” with a spending review prioritising health, defence and more than £100bn for long-term capital projects, despite leaving some key areas facing a tough squeeze on funding.In a speech to the Commons setting out Labour’s priori
  
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• UK students and staff: tell us your experiences with AI at university

  11-06-2025 14:57
  We would like to hear from university students andteaching staff about the impact of AI on studiesThe use of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools are becoming increasingly commonplace in UK higher education. A February survey of 1,000 students showed an “explosive increase” in use of generative AI in particular over the previous 12 months.With this in mind, we’d like to find out more about how AI is affecting students at university. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The impact has been profound’: the headteacher bringing play back to the classroom

  11-06-2025 11:30
  Tina Farr has put play-based learning at the heart of lessons at her Oxford primary – with ‘phenomenal’ resultsChildren in England growing up ‘sedentary, scrolling and alone’, say expertsWhen Tina Farr visits the year 2 classroom at her Oxford primary school, she can feel the changed atmosphere since play was put firmly back on the curriculum.“When I walk in there, I just feel the energy. The children come running up with things they have made, there is always
  
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• Setting up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB)

  11-06-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  We are seeking views on the establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB).
  
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• PE and sport premium for primary schools

  11-06-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  How much PE and sport premium funding schools will receive for the academic year 2024 to 2025 and advice on how to spend it.
  
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• Complete the PE and sport premium expenditure reporting return

  11-06-2025 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  How primary schools can complete a return to show how they have spent their PE and sport premium funding allocation.
  
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• Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt

  11-06-2025 10:00
  A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effortOn the shelf in my library, I have an autographed copy of a book written by a former Republican congressman from New York, John LeBoutillier, titled Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American. It was published in 1978, two years before LeBoutillier was elected to Congress – and decades before the Trump administration’s assault on the institution.
  
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• Ban on 'no ball games' signs suggested to get kids off screens

  11-06-2025 02:14 via bbc.com
  Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change.
  
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