Conservative leader David Cameron once again calls for a report into the Edlington torture case to be published in full.
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Clegg plan to help poorer pupils
Liberal Democrat leader promises to scrap tax credits for better-off families and put £2.5bn into schooling for under-privileged.
Read more »Lib Dems' pledge on under-achievement by poorer pupils
Every child from a poor home would get a £2,500 boost to their education under
the Liberal Democrats, party leader Nick Clegg pledged today.
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No investigation into claim Marilyne MacLaren lied
A PARENT who made a complaint to the Standards Commission accusing education leader Marilyne MacLaren of "lying" has been told by the watchdog it will not investigate.
Read more »800 years of excellence at risk, say elite universities
BRITAIN'S reputation as a world leader in higher education could be damaged by swingeing funding cuts, the country's leading universities claimed yesterday.
Read more »'Bleak future' for universities
Universities face the bleakest times for funding since the Thatcher years in the 1980s, says university leader.
Read more »Snow closure 'unnecessary'
The leader of Manchester City Council condemns schools for 'unnecessarily' closing during freezing conditions affecting the region.
Read more »Cameron backs family support
Conservative leader David Cameron has said he backs "active intervention" in families to improve parenting and build a "responsible society".
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Cameron's school buses face the axe
A pioneering school-bus scheme personally backed by David Cameron as part of a Tory policy to stop parents driving their children to school, is to be scrapped by a flagship Tory council. The fleet of 22 yellow Pegasus buses, which ferry hundreds of children between 14 schools, was piloted in 2006 before a high-profile launch attended by the Conservative leader.
Read more »Kennedy issues warning on tuition fees
Charles Kennedy, the former Liberal Democrat leader, used a fringe meeting at the party's conference in Bournemouth yesterday to warn leader Nick Clegg not to abandon its pledge to abolish student tuition fees.
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