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Editorial: An overly prescriptive and narrow curriculum is failing too many pupils at English schools

The legislative process in Britain consists of a series of discrete stages, each with its own purpose and function. A bill’s second reading is the discussion of, and vote on, the principle of the legislation. As Erskine May, the so-called bible of parliamentary procedure, puts it: “Its whole principle is…

Archer continues his rehabilitation from the latest setback in his right elbow

Lords report says there is too much learning by rote and many key Tory changes should be reversed