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Anger as UK helps poorer countries fight Covid – by slashing other aid
Labour and Conservative MPs have criticised the government for including help for poorer countries battling Covid in its overseas aid budget – a decision that could lead to even deeper cuts in other areas than already expected.
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Boris Johnson says UK must turn ‘jabs into jobs’ after pandemic
A promise to “level up” and redistribute spending after the inequalities exposed by the pandemic might sound like an excerpt from a Labour manifesto.
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Remembering Prince Philip – The Queen’s Consort
It is hard to imagine that when the Duke of Edinburgh first entered the world of the British royal family, he was very much the outsider.
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FactCheck: have nurses already had a pay rise?
Most NHS workers have faced significant pay cuts over the last ten years, when you adjust for inflation.
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Thousands of families in England prepare for return to school
The Government has insisted that schools in England will stay open as part of the roadmap out of lockdown – as the Education Secretary said they wanted to ensure a cautious, but irreversible approach when pupils return to classrooms tomorrow. It means staff will face a huge challenge over issues like mass testing and masks…
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Homeschooling: an inequality timebomb
The pandemic has exposed growing inequalities in society, not least when it comes to our childrens’ education. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni asks whether those gaps can ever be closed again.
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FactCheck: what do we know about the safety of reopening schools?
Children themselves remain at very low risk of serious disease and death.
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‘Hysteria’ over free speech is a ‘red herring’ says writer Nels Abbey
The government is to appoint a “free speech champion” for English universities, as part of its pledge to protect academic freedom and free speech.
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The international students going hungry in the UK
The plight of the international students who pay thousands for the prestige of a British education but are now left relying on food banks.
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The international students struggling to feed themselves in lockdown
We’ve discovered Covid has left huge numbers of them queueing up for food banks, crammed into terrible accommodation, trying to study online while sharing rooms with four or five others and feeling totally abandoned by their universities.
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Series 6, Episode 22: Robert Halfon
Robert Halfon is a Conservative MP and Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee.
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Marcus Rashford calls for PM to review England’s free school meals
The footballer turned campaigner Marcus Rashford has written to the prime minister calling for an urgent review of the free school meals policy in England.
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FactCheck: government’s confusing rationale for not providing half term school meals
It’s not clear whether the Covid Winter Grant Scheme is intended to replace free school meals.
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MPs vote on England Covid lockdown
MPs have voted to approve England’s new lockdown laws.
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‘It will be really difficult to run’ GCSEs and A-Levels this year, says union chief
Kevin Courtney is the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, the largest union to represent teachers and education professionals in the UK.