Education

"...new guidelines being announced for schools in England appear to focus more on stoking up divisions and creating a debate about ‘culture wars’ than ensuring that pupils get the best possible education on racism and discrimination is deeply disturbing."

“Changing data protection law is very central to the government’s post-Brexit policy. We all remember the A-levels fiasco in 2020."

"It's all just waffle to avoid answering the question. With the Tories in power the ultra rich stay that way by not paying taxes meaning that the poorest taxpayers actually subsidise the rich."

“He is a hypocrite and can no longer be trusted as our leader and should resign as the country is not in the right hands," the pupil wrote.

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One company said it received “precisely two requests for the UK, one of which has already changed its mind and decided to visit Ireland.”

“The main issue in my experience is how problems with sexual violence are typically dealt with according to the status in the institution of the alleged abuser, ie if they are a prof(essor) with a large grant record, you may as well forget it.”

“Christmas can be a time of excess and it is more and more causing people to think about how that impact can be mitigated," one union leader has said.

“Most Scots are appalled when they discover that private schools use their charitable status to avoid paying tax," a Scottish Greens MSP has said.