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FactCheck: Lib Dem manifesto and the ‘Remain Bonus’
The party expect an extra £50bn in tax revenue from stopping Brexit.
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Toxic Delhi smog: ‘People are being left to die’ says journalist Sidharth Pandey
The air quality index for the capital today was measured at about nine times the recommended maximum.
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Labour pledges 32-hour working week with no loss of pay
Away from the attempt to remove the deputy leader, the recriminations and the struggle over Brexit, this conference has seen a series of policy announcements ahead of a possible General Election.
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Study finds nearly half of excluded children have special educational needs
Nearly half of all children permanently excluded from school in England have special educational needs and disabilities. That’s just one of the findings of a report by the National Audit Office. It warns that mainstream schools are becoming less inclusive because of squeezed budgets. It also says local authorities are increasingly relying on special schools…
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FactCheck: Boris Johnson’s stop and search knife claim
Some 10,827 knives were seized under the scheme, but this includes blades recovered through means other than stop and search.
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Proportion of students getting top A-levels drops to lowest level in a decade
The proportion of students who achieved top A-level grades has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade. Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their results this morning – a quarter of them received A or A-star grades. But some schools did buck the trend – Brampton Manor Academy in East…
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Charities say half a million UK kids risk hunger as parents struggle to afford food over summer
Half a million children across England are at risk of going hungry during the long summer holidays, when schools are closed and free school meals aren’t available.
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FactCheck: how representative is Johnson’s first cabinet?
Boris Johnson has given 33 MPs a seat round the cabinet table.
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Labour MP Jess Phillips: ‘As a parent, I am bereft that my son’s school can no longer afford to stay open for five days a week’
We talk to Labour MP Jess Phillips about the schools protest.
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Temperatures in France reach record 45 degrees
As England braces itself for a bit of a heatwave this weekend, temperatures in France soared to the hottest on record today, hitting 45.9 degrees Celsius in one southern town.
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SEN children physically restrained at school, say parents
Parents of young children with special educational needs say they are frequently being physically restrained in school.
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Lyra McKee’s partner: Theresa May ‘derelict in her duties to Northern Ireland’
In an exclusive interview with Channel 4 News, Sara Canning reveals Lyra had been planning an ‘incredibly romantic’ proposal – and they were supposed to get engaged this week. She also accuses her killers of being ‘no better than paedophiles’.
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How can the lives of children excluded from school be turned around?
According to the Children’s Commissioner, 100,000 children are barred from mainstream education every year. But what are the options for those who are excluded?
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Schoolchildren strike over climate change
Thousands of schoolchildren across the country have walked out of their classrooms to protest over climate change.
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Education Secretary Damian Hinds on government’s mental health school trials
Cathy Newman is joined by the Education secretary Damian Hinds to discuss today’s mental health trials in schools across England.