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Guido Fawkes13 Aug 2026

Education Secretary Makes Grammatical Mistakes in Statement About A-Level Results

Lucy Powell has put out a graphic on A-level results day celebrating the pupils now under her auspices. She said: “Congratulations to everyone getting their results today. You should be really proud of what you’ve achieved and I wish you every success for the future. A big thank you to the teachers and families who…

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Guido Fawkes12 Aug 2026

Cambridge University Launches ‘Full Investigation’ Into Jason Arday Appointment

Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice has announced the university will launch an investigation into the appointment of Jason Arday, as well as a review of its Misconduct in Research policy. The results will then guide a review into the appointment process for senior academic roles. Which would be helpful, to put it mildly… Read…

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The Guardian Politics8 Aug 2026

US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’

Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK The US embassy in London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in British domestic politics. Using language that the pro-Trump Maga movement has sought to appropriate, a funding notice identifies a goal of fostering a “national conversation” about “shared civilizational values” underpinning US-UK ties.

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Guido Fawkes8 Aug 2026

Guido’s Most Read Stories This Week

This week 1,002,642 visitors visited 947,324 times viewing 914,668 pages. The most read and shared stories in order of popularity were: Prestigious US University Says It Has ‘No Record’ Jason Arday Was Visiting Professor Rod Liddle Dies Aged 66 James O’Brien ‘Feels Like a Mug’ After Backing Arday GB News Hosts in Sticky Situation Over…

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The Guardian Politics7 Aug 2026

Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment

Exclusive: Neet crisis review to call for teachers to be asked to spot those at risk of leaving education jobless at 16 What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on quest to learn Primary schools in England should be required to identify children at risk of leaving education at 16 without finding a job, a government review is to recommend. Alan Milburn, who is leading a review into Britain’s crisis in youth worklessness, said he would call for sweeping changes in education policy alongside a shak

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The Guardian Politics7 Aug 2026

What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis

The former UK minister discovers how apprenticeships and support networks helped slash Ireland’s Neet rate English primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment Alan Milburn is guiding a metal loop along the serpentine wire of an electrical buzzer game as he explains the challenge of Britain’s youth jobs crisis. “We have got more than a million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet). Crisis is an over-used word – but this is a crisis.” On

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BBC Politics6 Aug 2026

All schools in England to get pupil attendance targets, government says

The BBC understands schools will not be penalised for missing targets, but they will be monitored.

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Conservative Home6 Aug 2026

Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain’s obsession with university must end

Education reform alone will not reverse the surge in Neets. Government must reduce the cost of hiring young people, reform welfare and tackle the broken incentives in the labour market. “University at any cost” should be unmasked as the true villain, once and for all. The post Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain’s obsession with university must end appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Sky News Politics6 Aug 2026

Polanski defends Cambridge professor who resigned amid plagiarism row

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has defended a black university professor who resigned amid a plagiarism row.

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Conservative Home5 Aug 2026

Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain’s obsession with university must end

The task must be to complete the Gove project, to keep the rigour and high expectations while build a clearer path for young people to leave school and move into work. “University at any cost” should be unmasked as the true villain, once and for all. The post Joe Shalam: Gove did not create the NEET crisis – but Britain’s obsession with university must end appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes5 Aug 2026

EXC: Cambridge Professor at Centre of Plagiarism Row Once Stood as Labour Candidate

The Cambridge sociology professor at the centre of an almighty plagiarism row once stood as a council candidate for the Labour Party. That final piece of the puzzle… Yesterday Guido revealed that Arday’s position as a “visiting professor” at Ohio State University was denied by the institution. Where does this end? Last year Arday used…

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Conservative Home5 Aug 2026

Joshua Bonehill-Paine: Britain is failing its Jews. I know where this hatred leads

The Government, police, universities and political parties must stop treating this as a passing controversy. Those who threaten Jews or attack Jewish institutions must face serious consequences, and the ideologies feeding that hatred must be named honestly. The post Joshua Bonehill-Paine: Britain is failing its Jews. I know where this hatred leads appeared first on Conservative Home.

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