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Fury over ‘unequal’ A-level results day as top grades drop at different rates across UK
Tories have come under fire over an "unequal results day" which saw the number of teens picking up top A-level grades drop faster in the North East than the South East.Labour has accused the government of allowing results to "go backwards"…
MP who got on train to London despite knowing she had Covid pleads guilty
An MP who travelled on a train from London to Scotland despite knowing she had Covid has pleased guilty to putting others at risk.Margaret Ferrier admitted exposing people "to the risk of infection, illness and death" by visiting various…
UK could be brought to standstill by wave of strikes hitting ‘every sector’ warning
Britain could be brought by a standstill by a wave of strikes hitting "every sector of the economy", a union chief warned this morning.Mick Lynch, general secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), joined striking rail…
Ofgem director QUITS in protest energy regulator isn’t doing enough to help Brits
The government has come under fire after an Ofgem director quit - claiming the regulator has failed to protect struggling households.Christine Farnish walked away from the under-fire watchdog, claiming it has not "struck the right balance…
UCAS A-level results day: Students’ grades down on pandemic but higher than pre-Covid
A-level grades have fallen compared to the pandemic, but are higher than in 2019 when students last sat exams. Hundreds of thousands of students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been eagerly awaiting their results to…
A-level results: Plan was ‘always’ to bring down ‘generous’ grades, says…
Education Secretary James Cleverly has said that the plan was "always" to bring down A-level grades this year, having been "generous" during the pandemic.Nervous students will today pick up their grades in what education chiefs have branded…
Dis Life: ‘What exactly is the Government hiding in its unreleased benefits reports?’
Have you ever tried to live on benefits? Lockdown was a wake up call for many who had chanted ‘scrounger’ for years at those feckless oiks who wouldn’t or couldn’t work. The pandemic showed ordinary, ‘hardworking people’ that employment…
Liz Truss looks set to become next Prime Minister, poll of Tory members finds
Liz Truss looks set to become the next Prime Minister, according to an influential poll of Tory members. A survey run on the ConservativeHome website, known to some as the ‘Tory Bible’, shows the Foreign Secretary is ahead of Rishi Sunak by…
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tax cuts are looking more implausible by the day, experts warn
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak’s tax cut pledges are looking more and more implausible, one of the country's leading economic groups warns today.The Tory pair have not explained how they will fund “permanent” tax cuts while inflation rockets to…
Labour vows its energy bills plan will save £300 more for poorest Brits this winter
Labour today unveils more details on how its plan would help the poorest Brits get through the winter.Living costs are set to skyrocket again in October when typical energy bills are set to rise to around £3,500 and more than £4,200 in…
