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Forget Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ – the immigration debate shows real loathing

Since the summer recess the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically

The Guardian - UK

PM backs Angela Rayner as deputy faces growing pressure over property portfolio

Conservatives have called for Ms Rayner to face an ethics inquiry after it was reported she saved £40,000 in stamp duty when she bought an £800,000 flat in Brighton

Evening Standard

Angela Rayner ‘clear she followed rules’ when buying Hove flat, says Bridget Phillipson

Education secretary defends her cabinet colleague against claims she avoided stamp duty when buying property

The Guardian - UK

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Reform UK accused by Cabinet minister of ‘whipping up anger’ over asylum hotels

But deputy leader Richard Tice said it is ‘ridiculous’ to suggest Reform has encouraged the violent scenes at some protests.

Evening Standard

‘It is about a balance of rights’ Education secretary on community concerns in Epping

Bridget Phillipson was repeatedly asked wether she believed the rights of asylum seekers were more important than the interests of local communities.

The Independent UK

Rayner has right to spend money as she chooses, says Phillipson in row over flat

The Education Secretary said the Deputy Prime Minister has insisted she followed the rules over her £800,000 purchase in Hove.

Evening Standard

Reform and Farage are making anger over migrant crisis worse, minister says

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Badenoch in pledge to ‘get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative administration would maximise extraction.

The Independent UK

Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools

Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced support

The Guardian - UK

Farage and Reform ‘whipping up anger’ on migrants, cabinet minister warns

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson claimed Mr Farage has ‘no interest’ in finding solutions to the migrant crisis and small boats

The Independent UK

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ‘ashamed’ of child poverty levels

The minister said the Government was looking at every way of reducing levels of child poverty, including benefits changes.

Evening Standard

Labour accused of plotting car park ‘spy cameras’ and new fines for motorists

Blueprints drawn up by government officials include proposals to install numberplate recognition cameras in car parks

Evening Standard

£600 million injected to extend support for poorer children during school holidays

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is being extended for three more years

The Independent UK

Scheme offering free meals and activities to poorer pupils in holidays extended

It comes as working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of funded childcare a week for children older than nine months from Monday.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Young people ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental health conditions, Hunt says

Definitions of mental ill health and neurodivergence have been expanded, leading to overwhelm in the system, according to a new report

Evening Standard

Young people being ‘overdiagnosed’ with mental ill health – Hunt

The former health secretary argued that society has ‘lost sight of the fundamental reality that child development is a messy and uneven process’.

Evening Standard

'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

The Independent UK

GCSE results day: Grade boundaries, how to appeal, and why some students are getting results through an app

Thousands of GCSE students in England will get their grades in an app - but there are other things to look out for as well

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The Independent UK

GCSE students receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

The Education Secretary said students showed “remarkable resilience” despite the disruption to their education

Evening Standard

GCSE cohort receiving results ‘undoubtedly affected by Covid disruption’

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes, review says

The Education Secretary said it was a “national disgrace” that so many white working-class children are being “written off”

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged white pupils have ‘particularly poor’ education outcomes – report

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it was a ‘disgrace’ that so many white, working-class children are being written off at school.

The Guardian - UK

Parents in England skipping meals to afford school uniforms, survey finds

Education secretary urges schools to change uniform requirements as costs force many parents into debt

The Independent UK

1 in 4 of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford children’s school uniform

Almost half of parents are worried about the cost of buying uniform for the start of the school year

Evening Standard

Quarter of parents sacrifice food or heating to afford school uniform – poll

The Education Secretary has called on schools to reduce immediately the number of branded items of uniform they require ahead of a change in the law.

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