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Education
The Conservatives announced today that if elected they would introduce a requirement for 11 year olds to resit their SATs in their first year of secondary school if they don't … Read
The Conservatives will reportedly promise today to give workers three days paid leave for charitable projects, provided they're employed in bigger companies or the public sector. They'll also pledge to … Read
It's no longer the case that a Prime Minister can call an early general election with the agreement of the Queen The Fixed-term Parliaments Act now sets elections at five-year … Read
Defence—specifically, the future of the UK's nuclear weapons—dominates the front pages this morning. The Conservatives are making a commitment to the Trident submarine programme, while claiming that Labour are prepared … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"I would like to see us double the number of first-time buyers up to half a million [per year]. That is the kind of level we saw in the 1980s."—George … Read
Education
"Under the last Labour government 1 in 3 of our young people were leaving primary school unable to read or write or add up properly"—Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for … Read
Immigration
Net migration last year was estimated at 298,000. We looked at why we don't know exactly how many migrants are entering and leaving the UK. Read
The FT, Times, Independent and Guardian lead with Ed Miliband's promise to abolish the non-domicile rule, which currently means some of the UK's wealthiest do not pay UK tax on … Read
Immigration
"We will aim to bring immigration in this country back to normality …up until 1998, we had between 20,000 and 50,000, perhaps an average of 30,000 people a year (net) … Read
Education
Last updated 08/04/2015 On Easter Sunday—a slow news day in the secular world—BBC News picked up on a survey of teachers in which many report that financial pressure on pupils' … Read
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