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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham must act fast on the climate – or risk getting stuck in a ‘derailment’ doom loop | Laurie Laybourn

Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continue Recent unprecedented heatwaves in the UK may have killed thousands of people. Children are suffering in overheating schools. NHS trusts are straining under record-breaking demand. This all comes after climate extremes have even affected national security, with three of Britain’s five worst harvests coming since 2020, impairing food security

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Sky News Politics14 Jul 2026

University investigates employee who hoped Ann Widdecombe had 'extremely painful death'

A Scottish university is investigating an employee who posted online that they hoped Ann Widdecombe suffered "an extremely painful death".

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Guido Fawkes14 Jul 2026

Bridget Phillipson: Guido is “Very, Very Quick Off the Mark”

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The Guardian Politics13 Jul 2026

I welcome this £250m to protect Jewish communities. But what good is it if the hatred persists? | David Davidi-Brown

Success against antisemitism in the UK will be achieved when schools and synagogues don’t need police protection. Let’s build bridges between communities When arsonists attacked Finchley Reform Synagogue earlier this year, the physical damage was mercifully limited. The fear travelled much further. For years, it was my community: I sang at Friday night services, taught b’nai mitzvah students, and its former rabbi officiated at my wedding. Seeing it targeted felt painfully personal, part of a pat

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Sky News Politics13 Jul 2026

Burnham warned of 'early challenge' awaiting him in No 10

The persistent disadvantage gap in schools will be an "early challenge" for the next prime minister, researchers are warning.

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The Guardian Politics12 Jul 2026

Home Office to spend £250m on protecting Jewish communities in England and Wales

Three-year plan will deliver an extra 500 officers to patrol Jewish neighbourhoods after series of antisemitic incidents More than £250m will be invested by the government to increase policing in Jewish communities after a spate of violent attacks, the Home Office has announced. The funding over the next three years will deliver more than 500 additional officers across England and Wales in Jewish neighbourhoods and around schools, synagogues and community centres, while strengthening national co

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Conservative Home9 Jul 2026

Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it?

Currently we tax young people for getting an education that often doesn’t enhance their income, tax employers for hiring them, tax them for coupling up, ration the asset they most need to access adult life, and, when they fall into depression and despondence, reward them for giving up. The post Sebastian Milbank: Young people need a better deal — but can Britain’s political class deliver it? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics9 Jul 2026

Labour quietly slashes £460m from school budgets after giving teachers bumper pay rise

Stealth funding cut for education means teaching assistants and equipment could be cut to foot the gigantic bill

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Express Politics6 Jul 2026

Kemi Badenoch just targeted Bridget Phillipson again with a stinging new accusation

The Conservative leader has taken aim at Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.

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The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

The Guardian view on apprenticeships: young people need help getting started at work | Editorial

Existing staff are taking too much of a fund intended for new recruits. Ministers must take charge of redirecting it For the roughly 64% of young people who do not go to university, apprenticeships are vital gateways to the world of work. The way that funding has flowed away from them and towards older workers in recent years was flagged as a problem in the interim report from Alan Milburn’s review on young people and work in May. Mr Milburn’s recommendations are still some months off. Apprentic

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The Guardian Politics6 Jul 2026

More than 300,000 pupils estimated absent after England World Cup win

Exclusive: Initial figures are yet to be confirmed by DfE, which said schools were ‘at the heart’ of the celebration About 332,000 fewer children were in school on Monday morning than a week earlier, according to initial figures, as attendance fell after England’s 3-2 World Cup win over Mexico. School registers were down more than three percentage points on last week, after England manager Thomas Tuchel advised parents to “write an excuse for school and let them watch”. Continue reading...

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Guido Fawkes6 Jul 2026

Two Independent Schools Close for Every Privately-Educated Labour MP in the Commons

Labour MPs have been hiding their private educations from the public record as independent schools close at a rapid rate. Fake it till you make it… The Mail on Sunday’s analysis of entries in Who’s Who found that 36 Labour MPs who went to a private school fail to declare it opposed to  18 who…

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