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Will Labour’s uniform cap hit pupil performance?

17 May 2025

10:27 PM

17 May 2025

10:27 PM

It is the perennial question of British politics: who is next in the ministerial sack race? For a while, it seemed, the answer was Bridget Phillipson – the minister waging a one-woman-war on the Tories’ school reforms. But today, the Times suggests that the Education Secretary has been told her job is safe, citing private text messages from Keir Starmer.

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