Business Messaging Adoption Surged 53% in 2025 The adoption of business messaging channels has increased by 53% in just one year, driven by AI agents and LLM-powered automation, according to a new Geekflare · Oct 8, 2025
Trump is weighing selling off government’s $1.6 trillion student loan debt. Here’s what it means for borrowers Borrowers could be thrown into ‘even more chaos’ under this plan, a student loan policy expert warns The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025
Trainee teachers to get up to £31k tax free to train in Stem subjects The Department for Education will continue to provide bursaries and scholarships for trainee teachers in certain subjects. Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025
Brickbat: Pay for the Privilege In the United Kingdom, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is launching a plan to increase the amount private schools pay for… The post Brickbat: Pay for the Privilege appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Oct 3, 2025
Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap Campaigners say it pulls more than 100 children across the UK into poverty every day. Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025
Labour seeks mobile phones ban in schools as ministers accused of ‘passing buck’ Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth said head teachers ‘are already empowered’ to bring in a ban if they see fit. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Powell and Phillipson vie for votes as Labour conference draws to a close The pair displayed little disagreement during a hustings at the end of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool on Wednesday. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
The government shutdown will halt some work at a diminished Education Department The government shutdown means further disruption for the U.S. Education Department, which has seen half of its employees laid off by the Trump administration The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Gilruth ‘refusing to answer straightforward question’ on school toilet rules The Scottish Tories said the updated guidance for trans pupils is ‘muddled’ and ‘confused’. Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
'Misguided': Education Secretary and Tory MSP clash over schools trans guidance THE Education Secretary has accused a Tory MSP of being “misguided” over guidance for schools with transgender pupils as the pair clashed in the… The National (Scotland) · Sep 30, 2025
Labour is pleasing no one by trying to ‘out-Reform Reform’, Powell says The former Commons leader challenged Sir Keir Starmer’s Government to use its position in power to ‘set the terms of the debate’. Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
Bridget Phillipson says scrapping two-child benefit cap is ‘definitely on the table’ The education secretary argued there is ‘absolutely’ more to do when it comes to tackling child poverty, adding that she will ‘make it happen’ The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025
New school toilet guidance ‘not mandatory’, says Education Secretary Jenny Gilruth has said new Scottish Government guidance is advisory but single-sex toilets are required by law in schools. Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025
Givan and O’Toole clash again over accusation speech was written by AI Education Minister Paul Givan called on Matthew O’Toole to apologise and withdraw the ‘false allegation’ from earlier this month. The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2025
The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2025 Bridget Phillipson pushes back at criticism over potential Year 8 reading tests The Government is set to introduce compulsory reading tests as part of its upcoming Schools White Paper.
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025 Lucy Powell: Labour must grab ‘political microphone’ back from Nigel Farage The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.
Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025 Bridget Phillipson believes she is victim of sexist briefings The Education Secretary said there is an ‘irony’ to reports which suggest she is Downing Street’s preferred candidate for Labour’s deputy leader.
Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025 Disadvantaged pupils to get letters encouraging them to apply to university Nearly 10,000 teenagers at schools and colleges with low higher education progression rates will receive letters from current university students.
Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025 Blunkett backs Phillipson in Labour deputy leadership race Former education secretary Lord Blunkett backed the current holder of the role, Bridget Phillipson, to be Labour’s deputy leader.
International Business Times UK · Sep 23, 2025 Controversy Explained: Why is Bridget Phillipson Urging Kemi Badenoch to Remove Liz Truss from the Tory Party? Bridget Phillipson urges Kemi Badenoch to expel Liz Truss after her Tommy Robinson support, citing economic wreckage and bigotry
Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025 Further education sector left to run on fumes, MPs say The Education Committee has said the Government must retain applied general qualifications as an option alongside T levels and A levels
AAP · Sep 22, 2025 'Endemic bullying': troubled exam authority escapes axe Damning claims of blame-shifting and bullying within a state exam authority have been aired following a major bungle.
Evening Standard · Sep 21, 2025 Scotland’s young people cannot afford a third decade of SNP – Bridget Phillipson The UK Education Secretary was speaking during a campaign trip to Scotland on Sunday.
Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2025 Private schools face Ofsted inspection cost hike as Phillipson to axe subsidies The Education Secretary’s allies said it is ‘unfair’ that taxpayers whose children go to state schools are bankrolling the costs of private schools.
The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2025 Labour should consider gambling tax rise to fund axing two-child cap – Powell The MP said she would be ‘a strong independent choice’ for deputy Labour leader.