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Report says once-in-a-generation changes needed to tackle why such children are lowest-performing large demographicUK politics live – latest updatesThe education system is “not set up to serve white working-class children and families”, an independent inquiry has concluded.The Independent Inquiry into White Working-Class Educational Outcomes also determined that once-in-a-generation changes were needed to tackle why such children were the lowest-performing large demographic in England’s school s
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Lenders to Godiva Japan Inc. have agreed to extend by nine months the maturity of about ¥75 billion ($463 million) in loans to the struggling luxury chocolate maker, people familiar with the matter said.
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Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister to pledge ‘growth in every postcode’ Good morning. When Keir Starmer became PM, he had published his missions and his first steps, Labour was awash with policy, but some people still felt it was hard to know what his driving motivation was, what was the single big goal he wanted to achieve in politics. Andy Burnham is set to become PM three weeks today and in his case it is easy to answer this question is because he published a book about it in early 2024
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Oil prices edged higher after an American official said the U.S. and Iran had agreed to halt attacks in a key shipping lane, raising hopes that hostilities would not escalate.
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Poland's record scorer is set for a big-money move to the MLS after his departure from Barcelona.
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Warner Bros. released the Milly Alcock-led superhero movie that scooped up $38 million at the domestic box office.
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The Guardian is partnering with Love Supreme this year, where we will have a live Q&A with the UK jazz heroes – leave us your questions for themVanguards of the London jazz scene, five-piece instrumental group Ezra Collective have spent the past decade electrifying stages from Glastonbury to Wembley Arena with their high-energy antics. Making history in 2023 by becoming the first – and to date only – jazz act to win the Mercury prize, and going on to win best group at the Brit awards in 2025
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Barcelona are considering a move for Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane. Transfer Talk has the latest.
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Maker of Dunhill cigarettes says cuts and outsourcing will affect about one in five jobs
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Norway football fans cheer on Viktor Hovland as he gets into a Monday play-off with Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship.
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A veteran techno DJ embarks on a campaign of civil disobedience in this passionate and at times hilarious tale of underground resistanceMidway through his firecracker of a debut, 2020’s The Young Team, Graeme Armstrong hurls the reader into an exuberant account of a rave, from protagonist Azzy’s pre-party pharmaceutical prep, through the resulting mystical abandon and euphoria, and on to the inevitable crash back to earth. The description of the anguished comedown is a welcome noughties update o
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Subsidiary of FTSE 250 company says Coffee Studio’s phrase too similar to its ‘Eat Drink Meet’ trademarkWhen Tahir Mehmet, the owner of an independent coffee shop, tried to register “three simple words”, Eat Drink Work, as its slogan, he had little idea it would pitch him into a legal battle with one of the UK’s largest hospitality groups.The application in relation to the Coffee Studio, which has two London cafes, has been opposed by a subsidiary of Mitchells & Butlers, whose brands include