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Express Politics30 Jun 2026

Huge Brexit betrayal after Starmer hands EU students £30,000 fee discount

Sir Keir Starmer will hand EU students a discount of nearly £30,000 to study in the UK after Eurocrats demanded yet another Brexit betrayal concession.

Education
The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

Burnham will stand or fall on his plans for youth employment: he must put the next generation first | Polly Toynbee

Labour has to match the success of its New Deal for young people in the late 1990s – and remedy the injustices that have led to a ‘lost generation’ Today a new programme starts to help the million unemployed young people not in education or training (Neets). By chance, it launches on the day Andy Burnham set out to paint a picture of his horizons with plans that put the young first, closely matching Alan Milburn’s searing review of the fate of a “lost generation”. As from now, any employer can c

EducationReform
BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry

The inquiry spoke to thousands of young people and their parents, as well as hundreds of teachers.

EducationHousing
The Guardian Politics29 Jun 2026

White working-class children failed by England’s school system, inquiry finds

Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographic UK politics live – latest updates The education system is “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”, an independent inquiry has concluded. The Independent Inquiry into White Working-Class Educational Outcomes also determined that once-in-a-generation changes were needed to tackle why such children were the lowest-performing large demographic in England’s sch

PoliticsEducation
BBC Politics29 Jun 2026

White working-class children failed by education system, says inquiry

The inquiry spoke to thousands of young people and their parents, as well as hundreds of teachers.

EducationHousing
The Guardian Politics28 Jun 2026

The Guardian view on universities: public confidence in degrees is wavering – ministers should shore it up | Editorial

Unfair changes to student loans and concerns about job prospects must be weighed against the life-changing potential of education Is going to university financially worthwhile? New research on graduate incomes is unlikely to help the beleaguered sector’s reputation. Even though most benefit from an earnings premium, worth around £100,000 on average over a lifetime (after tax and student loan repayments), the finding that one in four people end up worse off proves that there are no guarantees. Th

EconomyEducation
BBC Politics28 Jun 2026

Cleverly says he would not have used Badenoch's Gestapo jibe

The Conservative leader has been criticised by Labour for making a Nazi comparison in relation to the education secretary.

Education
BBC Politics28 Jun 2026

Cleverly says he would not have used Badenoch's Gestapo jibe

The Conservative leader has been criticised by Labour for making a Nazi comparison in relation to the education secretary.

Education
BBC Politics28 Jun 2026

How Andy Burnham's school teacher inspired him to believe in himself

Steve Harrington says he had to convince the front-runner for Labour leader into going to Cambridge University.

Education
Express Politics27 Jun 2026

Britain's youth have been betrayed once again – did schools learn nothing from Covid?

OPINION - NICK FERRARI: We've once again reached the lamentable nadir of pulling children out of school.

Education
BBC Politics25 Jun 2026

Education secretary says she'll turn Tory leader's insult into a T-shirt

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's called Bridget Phillipson a 'spiteful class warrior' at PMQs.

DefenceEducation
BBC Politics25 Jun 2026

Number of children getting special educational needs support hits another record high

It is the highest yearly increase in education, health and care plans (EHCPs) since they were introduced.

Education