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Raising average GCSE scores will ‘disadvantage the disadvantaged’ – Lord Baker

One of the architects of GCSEs has criticised Government plans in the Schools White Paper, published on Monday, to raise the average GCSE score in maths and English from 4.5 to 5 by 2030. The White Paper said pupils who were falling behind in maths ...

30 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Labour targets Sunak’s wife non-dom status in latest attack ad

Labour has continued its personal attacks on Rishi Sunak with an advert targeting his wife’s previous non-dom tax status. Sir Keir Starmer told his shadow cabinet that he makes “no apologies at all” for the controversial campaign, and that the ...

11 Apr 2023 at 15:06

Starmer recommits to campaign blaming Sunak for living costs

Sir Keir Starmer has told his shadow Cabinet that voters “must know that Rishi Sunak’s fingerprints are all over their struggling household budgets”. Labour is set to launch adverts blaming the Prime Minister personally for the country’s ...

10 Apr 2023 at 22:30

Labour to launch more attacks on Sunak despite adverts backlash

Labour is to launch more adverts attacking Rishi Sunak by blaming him for “crashing the economy”, despite criticism from within the party. The initial ad, which accused the Prime Minister of not wanting child sex abusers to go to prison,...

10 Apr 2023 at 09:58

Blair resisted calls for public inquiry after Soham murders

Prime minister Tony Blair resisted calls for a public inquiry following the Soham murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, according to newly released official files. The killing of the two 10-year-olds in the summer of ...

29 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Labour considering ‘offshoring’ migrant claims as Rwanda alternative – report

Labour is considering a scheme that would see asylum seekers’ claims processed elsewhere, according to reports. The Times reports that Sir Keir Starmer’s party is considering “detailed plans” for a so-called offshoring scheme, as he ...

25 Dec 2023 at 21:33

Blair was warned on peril of repealing same-sex education law ahead of election

Tony Blair was warned about the Labour government’s commitment to scrapping the infamous law banning the “promotion” of homosexuality in schools in the run-up to the 2001 general election, records show. David Blunkett, then the ...

19 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Lord Blunkett urges Labour to prepare skills ‘revolution’

A new national taskforce should form part of efforts to trigger a “revolution” in learning and skills, former Labour education secretary David Blunkett has said. The call is one of a number of recommendations from Labour’s ...

26 Oct 2022 at 17:56

Ministers ‘taken aback’ by Army deployment to protect Heathrow

Ministers in Tony Blair’s government were taken aback by the scale of a military operation to secure Heathrow Airport amid fears of an imminent al Qaida terrorist attack, according to newly released official files. In ...

31 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Blair opened UK borders to east European migrants despite misgivings

Tony Blair’s Labour government pressed ahead with plans to grant unrestricted access to the UK to migrants from eastern Europe despite mounting concerns among senior ministers, according to newly-released official ...

31 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Real patriots would seek to reject meddling Musk, says Blunkett

True patriots would “want to see off” multi-billionaires seeking to interfere in British democracy, former home secretary David Blunkett has said in a pointed swipe at tech tycoon Elon Musk and Reform UK. The ...

15 Jan 2025 at 17:21

Officials must ‘get off bums’ and quickly set up football regulator – Blunkett

Civil servants need to “get off their bums” and make sure a new independent football regulator is up and running this autumn amid the “unfolding Greek tragedy” at crisis-hit Sheffield Wednesday, former home ...

03 Sept 2025 at 20:14

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