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Government’s GCSE English and maths resits policy ‘not fit for purpose’

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn.

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Venezuela's Maduro Calls On Other Countries To 'Unite' To Defend Its 'Right To Sovereignty, Peace'

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro called on friendly countries to "unite" to defend its "right to sovereignty, peace and self-determination" as U.S. warships move off its coast

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Ukrainian refugee awarded special recognition for art GCSE

Liza Minenko, 16, fled Ukraine in 2022 with her family after spending two weeks in a basement in Kyiv after the war broke out.

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Major retailers warn Reeves tax rises in autumn could push up prices

Some of the county’s biggest chains have signed a letter to the Chancellor sent by trade body British Retail Consortium.

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Culture minister says ‘biggest anxiety’ is public service broadcasters’ budgets

The commissioning budgets of PSBs have been ‘squeezed’, according to a report.

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‘Broken’ immgration system spilling over into tensions in NI, DUP minister says

Unionist politicians have asked for investigations into the legal planning status of hotels in the region housing asylum seekers.

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Spanish overtakes French to become most popular foreign language GCSE

GCSE results show Spanish entries continue to rise, while French and German see further falls.

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Chancellor will have to raise taxes despite lower borrowing, say economists

Official figures released on Thursday showed that UK state borrowing slowed to £1.1 billion in July, providing some relief for the Chancellor.

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Tell us: how do you cope with broken sleep during the menopause?

We’d like to hear about what has (or hasn’t) helped you manage insomnia and disrupted nights during the menopause

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Watchdog urged to probe ‘dangerous shambles’ of Afghan relocation data breaches

A freedom of information request by the BBC revealed there have been 49 data breaches in the past four years.

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Labour Party membership falls by almost 200,000 in five years

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of

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Portsmouth student from Turkey aims for Oxbridge after all grade 9 GCSE success

Tuna Lokman, who came to the UK when he was 10, says his dream is to get into Oxford or Cambridge to study maths or data science.

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GCSE gender gap at narrowest point this century

GCSE results show boys are closing the gap with their female classmates.

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Government ‘admits 49 Afghan data breaches in four years’

Seven breaches were serious enough to be reported to the UK’s data watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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UK business activity rises to one-year high as services sector leads rebound

Firms nevertheless have been cutting hiring for 11 months in a row.

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Shear delight for teenager who took sheep to collect GCSE results

Milly Johnson, 16, brought her ‘best friend’ Kevin with her to Tarleton Academy in Lancashire on Thursday.

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What happened at the government's economic roundtable?

The federal government's economic reform roundtable brought together some of the nation's brightest minds, so has it solved Australia's productivity problem?

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US senators urge Rubio to press Israel over journalist killings

The senators call for the protection of journalists in Gaza and international media access to the territory.

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'Health of society' damaged by white working class pupils being left behind, warns Bridget Phillipson

Education Secretary says Britain’s productivity has been suffering as a result of poor white working class children’s exam results

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‘I dream about toilets, I admit it’: the man on a mission to improve Britain’s loos

Poor accessibility, questionable hygiene, scattered needles and budget cuts … the UK is in the midst of a public toilet crisis. Thankfully, Raymond Martin is fighting back

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More than 32,000 migrants living in hotels as Home Office reveals £4.76 billion asylum bill

The number of asylum seekers living in hotels was up 8% at the end of Labour's first year in Government

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‘Mountain to climb’: how Labour is facing a crisis in youth unemployment

The government is adding an extra year, and an extra £45m, to its scheme in England to help people find work

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GCSE results 2025: London students 'far ahead' of any other regions but pass grades drop

Londoners were "far ahead of any other region" when it came to achieving at least a 7 or an A grade

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Asylum hotel numbers up 8% on last year under Labour, Home Office figures show

The Government has pledged to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.

The Guardian - UK

Why radical tax reform may be only way for Reeves to balance the books

Size of the task remains unclear but the chancellor will have to act in the face of expected growth downgrades

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