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Conservative Home6 Jul 2026

Saqib Bhatti: China’s influence in our independent schools sector should be treated as a national security threat

Our independent schools are the cornerstone of an internationally respected schooling system. If we continue to treat our educational heritage as expendable, then we risk losing more than just historic buildings. We risk losing sovereignty over how our children are educated. The post Saqib Bhatti: China’s influence in our independent schools sector should be treated as a national security threat appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics5 Jul 2026

Labour education secretary accused of 'fabricating poverty claims' by old neighbour

A former neighbour of Labour's Bridget Phillipson claims the MP 'exaggerated' her claims of a poverty-stricken upbringing.

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Guido Fawkes5 Jul 2026

Lucy Powell Attempts to Explain What ‘Manchesterism’ Is

On Sky News: “Well, one of  Tony Wilson’s most famous phrases is, ‘this is Manchester, we do things differently here’. “And what we have seen [is] a realisation of that really in Manchester, doing things differently, taking powers, working together strategically, collaboratively across business, the voluntary sector, universities and others with a long-term vision about…

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Express Politics5 Jul 2026

Language tests plan to stop criminals stealing millions by posing as students

Tough new measures planned to fight fraud in the student loans system

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Express Politics5 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham urged to go ahead with Keir Starmer's social media age limits

Teachers urge the incoming prime minister to ensure teenagers have an alternative to playing with their phones

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The Guardian Politics4 Jul 2026

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts A leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been axed by the British government just two years after it was announced. The scheme, Strengthening higher education for female empowerment (SHEFE), which was unveiled with some fanfare two years ago by the outgoing Conservative government, had a £45m budg

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The Guardian Politics2 Jul 2026

Ministers call for better tracking of teenagers at risk of dropping out of work or training in England

Councils and schools urged to do more as figures show there is no information on whereabouts of 32,100 ‘Neets’ The government has urged councils and schools in England to drastically improve the way they identify young people at risk of dropping out of training and work, as it admitted thousands are unaccounted for. Publishing official figures on Thursday, the government said councils had no information on the whereabouts of 32,100 young people aged 16 to 17 who were not in education, employment

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Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Teachers will be trained to spot 'killer' children in Southport massacre review

The Home Secretary, in a statement to Parliament, confirmed the Government has accepted all 67 recommendations from a damning probe.

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Express Politics2 Jul 2026

Thomas Tuchel slapped down after he says children should skip school to watch England play

An Education Minister dismissed the suggestion by the England manager and urged parents to send children to school

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The Guardian Politics2 Jul 2026

Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty

This shadowy treaty on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest For all the crowd noise and heavy-breathing match analysis, British democracy is a simple sport. We elect politicians to serve our interests. They direct the vital services that look after our families and communities, such as our healthcare and our schools. The entire political system rests on one basic premise: they work for us. Believe that, as I do, and thi

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Express Politics1 Jul 2026

New ban for migrant houses near schools and nurseries

Migrants will also be barred from being housed in new-build homes

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The Guardian Politics1 Jul 2026

When the right promotes heat-stress denial, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot

The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you can dig for yourself than climate-science denial: heat-stress denial. Across the billionaire press last week, columnists and leader writers minimised the health impacts of the heatwave, particularly in schools. Expect more of this next w

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