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The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

Starmer’s immigration rhetoric follows familiar pattern of bold claims but few results, expert says

Madeleine Sumption says politicians make big claims about things they only partially control to appeal to voters Keir Starmer’s pledge to “smash the gangs” profiting from small boat crossings has followed a pattern set by Conservative-led governments of employing “bullish rhetoric” with little evidence that it can be delivered, an expert has claimed. Madeleine Sumption, the director of the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, says the prime minister has repeated the mistakes of Rishi Su

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

NHS restructure is greatest danger to Streeting’s effort to revive service

Health secretary still confident of success but critics say scrapping of NHS England has been ‘a total car crash’ NHS to miss targets for cutting A&E wait times and performance in England In the Great Hall at the University of East London last Wednesday, the perennially upbeat Wes Streeting was exuding even greater positivity than usual. After years of neglect under the Conservatives, he said, the NHS was starting to revive thanks to Labour’s medicine. In a bravura performance in front of an a

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media

In his strongest intervention yet, PM says some features ‘shouldn’t be permitted’, while education secretary says things ‘are going to change’ Keir Starmer has backed banning addictive social media features in his strongest intervention yet on curbs that could be placed on tech companies, saying the features “shouldn’t be permitted”. The prime minister said the government was “going to have to act” on the algorithms that hook young people and children to social media, such as scrolling or “strea

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BBC Politics29 Mar 2026

Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns

The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.

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Express Politics29 Mar 2026

Labour minister blasts petrol retailers over 'price gouging'

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson insists the government is helping motorists

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BBC Politics29 Mar 2026

Schools do not have enough staff to make SEND reforms work, union warns

The National Education Union says schools need more funding to be able to make all classrooms inclusive.

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The Guardian Politics29 Mar 2026

Lack of specialist staff hinders support for Send children, teacher survey finds

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’ Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England. Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the poll by the National Education Union (NEU), before its annual conference in Brighton which starts on Mond

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The Guardian Politics27 Mar 2026

UK government must urgently apologise for forced adoption, MPs say

Ministers urged to work with survivor groups on formal apology as many victims are nearing end of their lives The UK government must urgently issue a formal apology for the state’s role in forced adoption as many victims are nearing the end of their lives, a cross-party group of MPs has said. A report from the education select committee said ministers should provide an initial commitment to an apology and begin working with survivor groups as quickly as possible on its wording. Continue reading

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BBC Politics26 Mar 2026

Health, education, tax and more - Has the SNP delivered on its promises at Holyrood?

As parties draw up their election manifestos, has the SNP ticked off the goals it set out in 2021?

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The Guardian Politics26 Mar 2026

Parents of Send pupils without EHCPs are least satisfied with schools, survey in England finds

Only 38% of parents without care plans felt teachers in mainstream schools had the tools to deal with special needs Parents of children with special needs in England feel alienated from their schools if they don’t have legal protection, according to the biggest representative survey of its kind. In a finding that will cause consternation among government ministers, the survey of parents found that those of children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) but no education, health a

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The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

Councils in England must outline Send plans to access £860m funding pot

First tranche of a £3bn fund aimed at creating 50,000 new Send places in mainstream schools part of changes announced last month Councils in England will have to set out plans to create more places in local mainstream schools for children with special educational needs and disabilities as a condition of receiving a share of £860m in new government funding. Authorities must submit their written plans to the Department for Education (DfE) outlining how they will enable more pupils with Send to att

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Conservative Home24 Mar 2026

Oliver Dean: Releasing LEO data would stop the rise of ‘Mickey-Mouse’ degrees

The government spends billions subsidising student loans it knows will never be repaid. The least it can do is give students the information to make better decisions in the first place. The post Oliver Dean: Releasing LEO data would stop the rise of ‘Mickey-Mouse’ degrees appeared first on Conservative Home.

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