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Trans women should use male toilets, equalities minister says

Bridget Phillipson’s comments come after a long-awaited Supreme Court ruling last week that trans women are not legally women under the 2010 Equality Act

The Independent UK

Government defeats Conservative attempt to ban mobile phones in schools

The Conservative proposal came as MPs raised concerns about smartphones and social media’s impact on children’s mental health.

The Independent UK

Government has ‘no plans at this stage’ to legislate for smacking ban in England

Education minister Stephen Morgan responded to calls for change by saying the Government wants to look at evidence from Scotland and Wales.

Evening Standard

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Labour MP calls for eligible children to automatically receive free school meals

Peter Lamb told the Commons everything possible should be done to prevent the vilification of those receiving benefits.

Evening Standard

Ninety per cent of schools hit by crumbling concrete scandal have not had RAAC removed

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is facing calls to urgently speed up the removal of RAAC from school buildings

The Independent UK

Military personnel join veterans and public for Remembrance Sunday in Portsmouth

A service in memory of Armed Forces personnel who have paid the ultimate sacrifice was held in the city’s Guildhall Square.

Evening Standard

Ministers vow crackdown on rip-off nursery fees

Exclusive: New Labour education minister Stephen Morgan tells The Independent the problem is an issue ‘up and down the country’

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Make AI tools to reduce teacher workloads, tech companies urged

Special access granted to DfE resources to train AI models to generate workbooks and lesson plans

The Guardian - UK

Teachers to use AI to mark homework under new Government plan

Almost half of teachers are already using AI in some form to help with their work

The Independent UK

‘Pompey’ Penny Mordaunt is at risk, but there’s little love for Labour either on Portsmouth North seat

Opinion polls have the Commons leader being toppled in the general election, but voters in her constituency tell a different story

The Guardian - UK

Could ‘Great British Railways’ finally build up a head of steam?

The government is again trying to create a ‘guiding mind’ for UK train travel – and despite the delays and inertia, almost everyone wants it

The Guardian - UK

Hackney: Woman cyclist dies in hospital following hit-and-run car crash

Police searching for two men who fled car that overturned in residential street notorious for speeding

Evening Standard

Labour not watering down its workers’ rights plans – Angela Rayner

The Financial Times newspaper reported that Labour has scaled back its commitments to bolster workers’ rights in an attempt to woo corporate backers.

The Independent UK

Labour changes wording of pledges on workers’ rights as Rayner says party is ‘far from watering down’ policy – as it happened

Deputy leader says party would legislate to improve workers’ rights within 100 days as policy forum tweaks plans for ‘day one’ rights such as sick pay

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Fort 137 in Las Vegas valley offers a cinematic architectural experience

Fort 137 in Las Vegas valley by Daniel Joseph Chenin was designed by drawing on its landscape and a cinematic approach

The Independent UK

Narrowing number of teacher training providers will add to staff crisis – Labour

Shadow education minister Stephen Morgan questioned why the Government had removed a quarter of teacher training providers from its accredited list.

The Guardian - UK

Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals

Exclusive: Call for FSM income cap to be raised as children in England come to school with mouldy bread or even nothing

Wales Online

Mum left heartbroken with cancer diagnosis 48 hours after beloved son is murdered

The family paid touching tributes and were 'devastated to lose a caring and fun loving son and brother to domestic violence'

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Daily Mirror

GCSE results 2022: Grades fall for first time since 2019 but marks higher than pre-Covid

The number of GCSE entries awarded top grades surged to an all-time high last year after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row, with pupils' marks determined by teachers

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Tories of ‘failing our children’ ahead of GCSE results day

As students await their exam results, the Opposition said successive Conservative governments have left a ‘legacy of unequal outcomes’.

The Independent UK

13,000 school exclusions due to breach of Covid rules, figures show

Children were excluded for various reasons including non-compliance with social distancing.

The Independent UK

Labour warns of soaring school energy bills

Shadow schools minister Stephen Morgan warned that rising costs would squeeze stretched school budgets.

The Independent UK

Educational standards ‘at risk’ due to recruitment problems, heads warn

More than nine in 10 schools are struggling to recruit enough staff, a survey suggests.

The Independent UK

Labour call for action on teacher recruitment ‘crisis’

The party says more needs to be done over a lack of science and maths teachers with ‘acute’ shortages seen in physics.

The Guardian - UK

Infant free school meals funding rises by just 7p a meal in England

Campaigners says uplift falls way short of inflation and only applies to youngest pupils in school system

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