Tech companies and a local authority in Boris Johnson’s constituency are among the latest to throw their weight behind Marcus Rashford’s growing campaign to end child food poverty. The 22-year-old England star has said he is “truly overwhelmed” by the groundswell of support his initiative has...
The book publisher Penguin Random House has teamed up with the thinktank the Runnymede Trust to boost diversity in reading lists in schools.The partnership – Lit in Colour – follows a recent report by Teach First which found that pupils could leave school in England...
Demand at food banks and child poverty charities in Ben Bradley’s constituency has doubled despite falling donations, with organisers describing the MP’s comments on free school meals as “disgusting”.Bradley wrote a series of tweets on Friday explaining why he had voted against extending free school...
Headteachers in England have expressed anger after learning the number of laptops they will receive next term has been reduced following the introduction of a new allocation process.The Department for Education says it has purchased more than 96,000 additional devices and its new system is...
Pressure is mounting on Ben Bradley to apologise for a Twitter tirade in which the Conservative MP was accused of linking free school meals with “crack dens” and “brothels”.Bradley, who this week voted against extending free school meals for deprived children during the holidays until...
Running a school on love is a challenge, especially one riven by hate and failed by Ofsted. Five years ago, when Herminder Channa took over Golden Hillock, it was one of the schools at the centre of the “Trojan horse” attempt by a group of...
Scores of councils have pledged to feed disadvantaged children over the school holidays as they joined a wave of public support for a campaign led by the England and Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford. Amid growing outrage over the government’s refusal to extend free school meals...
It was the day after 322 Conservatives voted against feeding the nation’s poorest children over the holidays. Social media, indeed all media that way inclined, had been full for many hours of people wondering how these MPs could possibly live with themselves. (The children’s minister!...
Marcus Rashford may have seen his attempt to get the government to provide meals for the poorest children defeated in the Commons this week, but the footballer has harnessed a far greater force than parliament in his battle to defeat food poverty – the kindness...
Daniel Andrews said an outbreak at a school in Melbourne’s northern suburbs would not delay a “significant” easing of restrictions from Sunday and he was “confident in where things are at the moment”. But the Victorian premier said the state would not accept international flights until...