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Labour drawing up plans to give parents more free childcare in '£6bn' election pledge

The Mirror understands the party is talking about making childcare a key offer in the next election, with more free nursery hours for parents of two, three and four-year-olds under discussion

Daily Mirror

Risk level of school buildings collapsing in England raised to ‘very likely’

Annual report lays bare state of dilapidated education estate built during postwar shortages

The Guardian - UK

'Totally unacceptable' MPs fury over Northern Rail's decision to close Sunderland station over Christmas

Julie Elliott, Bridget Phillipson and Sharon Hodgson have released a joint statement about the decision

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Tories shelve 'unworkable' schools shake-up in yet another Rishi Sunak U-turn

Critics welcomed the decision to scrap the bill but said it was a symptom of the chaos of the last 12 months - which has seen FIVE different Education Secretaries in charge

Daily Mirror

Tory chairman’s ‘NHS strikes help Putin’ claim dismissed as ‘ludicrous’

Nadhim Zahawi urges nurses to call off strikes and negotiate but union says it is ministers who are refusing to talk

The Guardian - UK

Poll finds 62% back Labour's plan to scrap tax breaks for private schools

Labour leader Keir Starmer wants to remove the charitable status of private schools that means parents don’t pay VAT on fees, but Rishi Sunak has rejected the idea

Daily Mirror

Prisoners to be held in police cells as jails close to full, justice minister says – as it happened

Damian Hinds says acute increase in prison population means he has requested temporary use of up to 400 police cells

The Guardian - UK

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Tories 'abandoning families' as 1,600 children's centres close in a decade

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the centres were a “lifeline” for families - and warned more closures were sure to follow after the Tories “crashed the economy”

Daily Mirror

Baby boom: why funding childcare properly will boost the UK economy

Britain has a labour shortage and parents who want to work: but the cost of childcare they need to do so often exceeds their pay

The Guardian - UK

Inflation will erode funding for early years care, finds IFS

Report foresees funding for childcare places in England falling by 8% over next three years

The Guardian - UK

Labour wants to expand state nurseries as part of election childcare pledge

Country needs to see a ‘transformation’ in sector, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says

The Independent UK

Labour plans expansion of state nursery sector in England to ease pressure on parents

Proposals are part of party’s wider ambition to build system of high-quality, affordable childcare and to make issue an election pledge

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s not just childcare’: focus on early years education sets Estonia apart

Its innovative kindergarten system is just one reason the Baltic state is one of the highest performers in international rankings

The Guardian - UK

Richard Bacon's life and career from Blue Peter sacking to BBC Question Time panel

He joined MPs Paul Scully and Bridget Phillipson, Karan Bilimoria and journalist Anne McElvoy on Question Time in Manchester

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Labour vows to end tax breaks for private schools and offer free school meals

The Labour Party has said it will use the cash to fund major improvements in the education sector. It will also offer free school meals for children.

The Guardian - UK

Labour promise of free breakfasts ‘first step on the road to rebuilding childcare’

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson to announce plan to fund breakfast clubs in every primary school

The Independent UK

Labour pledges to introduce free breakfast clubs for primary schools

‘Pupils are not in a fit state to learn if they are hungry,’ education union boss says as he welcomes pledge

Daily Mirror

Labour vows to offer EVERY primary child access to school breakfast club

Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will set out plans for fully funded school breakfasts for youngsters as the 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system'

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The Guardian - UK

‘The voices you’re not hearing’: the project helping mums to become MPs

MotherRED gives grants and support to 50 women, who commit to family-friendly policies, to stand for public office

Evening Standard

‘Childcare will be completely reimagined if we win power’, vows Labour’s shadow education secretary

EXCLUSIVE: Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson pledges to ‘completely transform’ childcare to deliver landmark reforms to benefit millions of families

The Independent UK

Labour: Cost of after-school clubs has risen more than £800 a year since 2010

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson called on the Government to match her party’s recovery plan.

The Independent UK

Half of pupils who get low grades in GCSEs already judged to be behind at age 5, study finds

A fifth of all English students do not reach the grade 4 pass rate in both English language and maths, the paper found

The Independent UK

North-South gap in A-level results fuels social mobility fears

Pupils in all parts of the country must ‘have the opportunity to succeed’, says Sutton Trust

Daily Mirror

Fury over 'unequal' A-level results day as top grades drop at different rates across UK

Analysis shows that the fall in grades has been steepest in the North East, Yorkshire and Humber and the East Midlands - compared to the South East and London

The Independent UK

Parents left without childcare after thousands of providers close

Families have been left in a “scramble” for childcare following the loss of thousands of nurseries over the last year.

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