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UK coronavirus LIVE: A Level students stage protest in Westminster as anger mounts over 'farcical' Ofqual appeals system

Hundreds of A-level students are protesting in Westminster amid growing anger over the Government's handling of the exams results furore.

It came after Ofqual, the exams regulator for England, announced that its guidance for students hoping to challenge their A-level grades on the basis of their results in mock exams was "being reviewed'.

The move, condemned by both Labour and Tory MPs, threatened to plunge the A-level process into further disarray after almost 40 per cent of predicted grades were downgraded by the regulator’s “moderation” algorithm.

Meanwhile, Public Health England (PHE) is facing the axe and will be replaced with a unit that will specifically deal with pandemics, according to reports.

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