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Education spending plans will struggle to narrow gaps in outcomes – report

The Institute for Government has warned the Government’s budget falls short of matching its ambitions for schools.

Evening Standard

Our research shows the harm the two-child limit on benefits is doing. Only scrapping it can end this

Since the UK Labour government took office in summer 2024, calls have intensified to scrap both the “two-child limit” – which restricts support for children through universal credit to two children – and the overall benefit cap. With Chancellor Rachel Reeves resisting this pressure as she tries to manage deteriorating…

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‘We’d just switch everything off’: six in ten social housing tenants go without essentials to pay rent

The social housing sector in England houses 4 million tenants (16% of the country’s households). The sector is home to some of the UK’s most vulnerable and poorest households, and paying rent is one of the biggest challenges they face. If they do not pay, they risk being evicted from…

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Maths and English GCSEs are required for A-levels, college and university – so what happens to teenagers who don’t pass?

Each year, around 200,000 pupils in state-funded schools in England do not achieve a grade four or above in both English and Maths GCSE at age 16: about one-third of all students.

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Ofsted school inspections aren’t consistent, research shows – freelance and male inspectors are more lenient

Ofsted, England’s schools inspectorate, has been under significant scrutiny for the stress and mental distress it causes teachers.

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Nearly half of children born in Wales in 2002-03 classed as having special educational needs – this may have negatively affected their attainment

Nearly half of people born in Wales in 2002-03 were classed as having special educational needs (Sen), our new research has indicated, raising questions about the system used to diagnose a generation of Welsh children.

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There are many reasons disabled people can't just work from home -- threatening to cut their benefits won't fix the wider problems

As part of the UK government’s latest economic plan, disabled people may have to look for jobs they can do from home or face cuts to their benefits. Previously, disabled people with limited ability to work may have received benefits without being required to look for work. Now, Laura Trott,…

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Women losing out as couples try to divorce ‘on the cheap’

Financial security of women in England and Wales put at risk by failure to seek professional advice

The Guardian - UK

Many divorcees end up with nothing or only debt after divorce – new study

Contrary to the impression given by divorces covered in the media, most do not entail couples sharing vast amounts of wealth and spending huge sums on legal proceedings.

The Conversation

More negative impacts for children of furloughed parents than others

The researchers said their survey was designed to screen for emotional or behavioural problems

Evening Standard

More negative impacts for children of furloughed parents than others – research

The researchers said their survey was designed to screen for emotional or behavioural problems.

The Independent UK

Axing tax breaks would have small effect on private school pupil numbers – IFS

The Labour Party has said it would end the tax exemptions enjoyed by private schools and use the revenue raised to help state schools.

The Independent UK

Two in five children in care are placed outside their local authority – here’s why that's a problem

Since June 2022, a series of BBC investigations have made shocking revelations about terrible abuse and malpractice in a number of children’s homes run by the Hesley Group in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Among other things, the reports describe instances of physical assaults and psychological abuse on vulnerable children by staff.

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Four myths about the financial side of divorce

It’s no wonder many people think divorce involves going to court, huge legal fees and decades of spousal payments, considering these are the cases that dominate our headlines. However, the kinds of divorce cases reported in the news involve the very rich, and are far removed from the reality for…

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Persistent absence from school is a growing threat to children’s education

The pandemic has exacerbated the problem of school absences. When schools reopened, fewer pupils went to school than before the COVID-19 school closures.

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Jeremy Hunt's budget is more about short-term politics than the economy

Jeremy Hunt’s first budget day as chancellor was in many ways more about politics than economics.

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