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Decades of politicians toying with A-levels and GCSEs have left students a confusing and unfair system

In 2023, Rishi Sunak outlined a proposed change to the education system in England: scrapping the current A-level system and introducing the Advanced British Standard. This would see students study more subjects after 16 in a baccalaureate-style system.

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Starmer wins TV debate and Farage’s Reform triumph: Key moments from election campaign trail – week four

It was enough tough week for prime minister Rishi Sunak after yet another gaffe and more troubling polling, with just weeks to go until polling day on 4 July

The Independent UK

A Tokyo developer will demolish a building for spoiling the view. Why doesn’t Britain care about beauty?

Politicians and planners are allowing the Thames to become an urban canyon – greed always seems to win out, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Gove’s replacement caught out on claim he moved to Surrey Heath as home found on Airbnb

Social media users quickly pointed out house Ed McGuinness had posted photos in was available to rent

The Independent UK

‘It’s not a game for us’: aboard the Labour battle bus with Angela Rayner

The party’s deputy leader, putting tax furore behind her, is taking her fighting spirit on a 5,000-mile campaign tour, armed with a fridge and a Liz Truss-lookalike lettuce

The Guardian - UK

Will Michael Gove do Strictly? All the rumoured next jobs for Tory MPs

They ran the country, but now they’re moving on. What’s next for Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi, Dominic Raab, and the rest?

Evening Standard

‘Public vandalism’: M&S wants to flatten its art deco flagship store – here are six alternative options

Marks and Spencer’s decision to demolish its 1920s Oxford Street landmark hasn’t just infuriated campaigners. It has also sparked a design competition for how the building could be saved

The Guardian - UK

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Michael Gove's landlord evicts him from his house

The outgoing Housing Secretary has a housing crisis of his own to deal with

Evening Standard

Inside the spin room: Behind the scenes of the first debate between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer

The Independent takes you behind the scenes in the so-called spin room where Labour and the Tories sought to convince the travelling press that it was their candidate that won it

The Independent UK

Ed Balls gives Strictly Come Dancing advice to Michael Gove

“You just have to throw yourself into it and see how it happens”

Evening Standard

Tory chairman’s last minute bid for seat as party scrambles to find up to 141 candidates

Tory chairman Richard Holden is biggest name in a 48-hour scramble for Tory seats as the party tries to fill an estimated 141 vacancies

The Independent UK

‘Gove saw the polls and realised he might lose’: Lib Dems hope to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in Surrey

Ed Davey’s party is seeking to win over disillusioned Conservative voters in the Surrey Heath seat of outgoing minister Michael Gove

The Guardian - UK

Charity boss at centre of royal race row Ngozi Fulani stands with Diane Abbott

The Sistah Space founder made headlines for complaining about a royal aide’s behaviour in 2022

Evening Standard

Rish!’s farewell tour reveals the true meaning of futility

After a stop in Devon, where his audience appeared uniformly bored, you had to wonder, where are the rest of the cabinet?

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What are Labour’s plans for ending tax breaks for private schools?

Party policy is to add standard 20% rate of VAT to school fees and use funds raised to pay for more state teachers

The Independent UK

Minister warned Sunak it was not common sense to have a snap election

Exclusive: Details are emerging of the final cabinet meeting when Rishi Sunak told his top team he had called a snap election

The Guardian - UK

Farewell, Michael Gove: from Brexit to levelling up, you sowed the seeds for this Conservative crisis

The Tory puppet master is leaving behind a febrile party flying ever further towards the fringes of our politics, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Cheer up, Tory MPs. Quitting a job turns out to be a good thing for your wellbeing

Staying put offers few benefits, research finds, while letting go of unachievable aims, such as being prime minister, feels good

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The Guardian - UK

Spas, bars and luxury hotels: how Britain’s historic buildings are being sold off to the highest bidder

From Churchill’s old War Office to Liverpool’s Municipal Buildings, national and local authorities have been selling off valuable assets to plug budget shortfalls

The Guardian - UK

‘Why did he do it?’ how Rishi Sunak’s early election backfired on the PM

Tory MPs are perplexed: this seemed the worst moment to go to the country. Has their leader simply had enough?

The Independent UK

Starmer to cut voting age to 16 as Labour and Tories clash on first weekend of election campaign

Plans to follow Scotland and Wales in lowering voting age could even be included in King’s Speech

The Guardian - UK

UK politics: minister defends loss of high-profile Tory MPs after Gove joins exodus – as it happened

Treasury minister Bim Afolami said it was ‘not unnatural’ for high-profile Tory MPs to be standing down at an election

Evening Standard

Leasehold Reform Bill passes — but no ground rent cap for existing leaseholders

Neither leaseholders nor freeholders are entirely happy with the last-minute legislation

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove and Andrea Leadsom to stand down at general election

Seventy-eight Tory MPs are quitting rather than standing, beating 1997’s record number

The Independent UK

Gove joins rats leaving sinking Tory ship as Sunak visits Titanic Museum

Michael Gove is the secretary of state for Levelling Up and has been in the Cabinet for more than a decade

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