Students set new records for A-level grades in bumper year
A student in Ebbw Vale, Wales, hugs his mother after receiving A-level results on Thursday. Photograph: Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesView image…
Primary schools to be told to identify children at risk of future unemployment
Alan Milburn said ministers needed to ‘make somebody responsible’ for identifying and supporting the children who risked becoming unemployed. Photograph:…
What can Dublin teach us? Milburn goes on a quest to solve youth jobs crisis
Alan Milburn (right) at the Irish Rail apprentice training centre in Inchicore, Dublin. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The GuardianView image in fullscreenAlan…
Young people ‘expected’ to engage with new work support, says McFadden
Andy Burnham (centre-right) and Pat McFadden (centre) meet some young people during a visit to Alstom Transport in Derby on…
Badenoch urges Burnham to cancel prisoners’ early release scheme – UK politics live
Good morning. In his last speech to Labour’s annual conference as party leader, Keir Starmer called for a fundamental shift…
Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs
Under the plan, mayors and other local leaders will work with schools, colleges and employers to devise technical training built…