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GMB fans 'switch off' and blast Richard Madeley's 'biased' interviewing and odd questions

Richard Madeley joined Susanna Reid on GMB today and grilled Labour MP Phillipson on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer's vow to quit if he was fined over Beergate

Daily Mirror

Labour MP ‘confident’ Keir Starmer didn’t break Covid rules

Shadow education secretary backs Labour leader’s gamble to place his political future in the hands of Durham Police

Evening Standard

North West Durham MP Richard Holden accused of wasting police time over Keir Starmer lockdown breach claim

Houghton and Sunderland South MP and Labour frontbencher Bridget Phillipson says Richard Holden was wrong to ask Durham Police to re-examine "this nonsense"

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Parents cannot afford after-school clubs, says Labour

The shadow education secretary said some parents are spending more on after-school clubs than their weekly food shop.

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‘Shameful’ delay by Tories in acting over MP watching porn in Commons, say Labour

Senior Conservative blasts ‘dither and delay’ after three-day wait for Neil Parish suspension

The Independent UK

Graduates to be hit with ‘brutal’ student loan interest rates of up to 12%

Most recent graduates in England and Wales will be charged 9% from September amid rising retail prices index

The Guardian - UK

Shadow education secretary heckled by teachers over Ofsted remarks

Bridget Phillipson was jeered, forcing the NEU president to tell the union’s conference audience to settle down.

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Government ‘devoid of ideas’ for improving education, says Labour

Bridget Phillipson said the Government has ‘no plan’ to achieve its ambitions.

The Independent UK

Tories 'failing our children' as 'shocking' North-South divide in access to A-Levels revealed

A Northern Agenda investigation reveals the areas where there is no access to A-Level courses

Chronicle Live

Labour demand answers on £7m increase to Randstad contract

Stephen Morgan asked Robin Walker why the Government topped up Randstad’s contract by £7m when it was “failing”.

The Independent UK

GMB fans plead for Richard Madeley to leave after cringe 'define a woman' question

Richard Madeley had joined Kate Garraway for the Easter holidays on Good Morning Britain as they spoke to Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson

Daily Mirror

'Only now are we seeing toll pandemic took on school students' mental health'

Student Aashi Bains, 16, writes for the Mirror's NextGen project on how the decline in students' well-being post-pandemic is going unnoticed

Daily Mirror

Nottingham head says school week extension 'could lead to disruption'

The school week will be extended to 32.5 hours across the board

Nottingham Post

Schools told the learning week must become at least 32.5 hours long in England

This could mean a school day from 8.45am to 3.15pm for example

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The Independent UK

Ministers to make school week minimum of 32.5 hours

Union says levelling-up plan ‘ a classic example of government trying to hit a target but missing the point’

Chronicle Live

Length of school week to change to 32.5 hours in Government white paper proposal

There are some 'discrepencies' in the length of school weeks, according to the Department of Education

The Guardian - UK

Covid made parents ‘more relaxed’ about unauthorised holidays – Ofsted

Chief inspector tells leaders the pandemic has ‘fractured the social contract between parents and schools’

The Independent UK

Labour condemns ‘shocking failure’ over tutoring

Labour says parents often do not understand Ofsted grades of their child’s school.

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The Independent UK

Government rejects Labour accusations over apprenticeships target

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said 60% of Government departments had missed the deadline.

The Guardian - UK

Labour’s Bridget Phillipson: ‘Life should not come down to luck’

The shadow education secretary recalls how Labour’s investment in education helped her through school as a child in poverty

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