Boris Johnson recently said education is the top priority as the country emerges from the pandemic.
Yet the Government is spending just £310 per pupil over three years in extra support. It is £1,600 in the US, £2,500 in the Netherlands.
The sum is so short of what is required the education recovery tsar Sir Kevan Collins resigned in protest tonight.
Requests for additional resources were reportedly blocked by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.
If the Treasury is looking for extra revenue it could start by taxing the tech firms properly.
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Campaign group TaxWatch estimates eight of the richest firms, including Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon, avoided £1.5billion in UK tax in a single year.
Britain remains the only major G7 country refusing to back US President Joe Biden’s call for a global corporation tax rate.
What sort of Chancellor puts protecting the tech titans ahead of our children’s welfare?
Haters beware
A Singaporean man has been convicted for sending death threats to footballer Neal Maupay.
This is the first time our football authorities have successfully taken action against someone from outside the UK.
They have sent a clear message that perpetrators of online hatred will be tracked down and prosecuted, wherever they are.
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While the Premier League is to be applauded, it is appalling such vile comments could be published in the first place.
This is why the Mirror is campaigning for tougher action against social media firms that let their platforms be used as vehicles for hate.
Jubilee joy
Buckingham Palace has announced four days of celebrations to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee.
The great royal knees-up will lift the country’s spirits after the pandemic and lift Her Majesty’s spirits after Prince Philip’s death.
