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The TUC says young people are paying the price of the Conservative Party’s ‘toxic economic legacy’.

Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.

The latest figures released by Department for Education show a stark rise in rates of school suspension, where a child is not allowed to attend the school for a set time, typically on disciplinary grounds. Suspensions are up 31% in spring 2022-23 from the same period the previous year.

Teachers are spending more time helping students with mental health, social care and finance problems

Teach First highlights gender gap in maths and science and calls for higher pay for trainee teachers in Stem subjects

Pupils from lower socioeconomic background ‘don’t see it as a subject for somebody like them’, Teach First finds

School leaders warned the situation has reached ‘a new low’

Teach First said it cannot be right that children are less likely to have the same employment or education opportunities than richer peers.

A charity called for targeted primary school careers provision for poorer pupils.