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Rishi Sunak's answer to the NHS crisis, sky-high energy bills and widespread strikes? More maths!
Rishi Sunak
Rose Morelli

Rishi Sunak's answer to the NHS crisis, sky-high energy bills and widespread strikes? More maths!

These primary students are going for Christmas number one to raise money for their school
children singing at Barn Croft school
Cost of Living

These primary students are going for Christmas number one to raise money for their school

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net
William Beveridge
Welfare state

80 years on from the Beveridge Report, this is Britain's new safety net

How spending cuts have decimated public services since 2010, from libraries to youth clubs
Autumn Statement

How spending cuts have decimated public services since 2010, from libraries to youth clubs

Autumn Statement: Spending cuts would 'condemn country to more years of failing public services'
Autumn Statement

Autumn Statement: Spending cuts would 'condemn country to more years of failing public services'

UK organisations still taking millions from Sackler family as museums rush to cut ties over opioid crisis
Activism

UK organisations still taking millions from Sackler family as museums rush to cut ties over opioid crisis

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis
Students in a classroom
Social Justice

Students in east London will be paid to go to school as mayor brings back EMA amid cost of living crisis

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live
illlustration of Ken Robinson
Books

Sir Ken Robinson gave us a masterclass in how to live

Working class students ‘lose out' when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses
A-levels
Social Justice

Working class students ‘lose out' when universities focus on A-levels over vocational courses

Sex education faces a misinformation crisis, says TikTok pioneer Sophia Smith Galer
Sophia Smith Galer campaigns for better sex education
Health

Sex education faces a misinformation crisis, says TikTok pioneer Sophia Smith Galer

Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day
Strike action

Exam board staff to strike on A-Level results day

Rising inflation has already cancelled out pay rises for teachers, NHS staff and police officers
Nurses next to operation
Pay

Rising inflation has already cancelled out pay rises for teachers, NHS staff and police officers

‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs
March For Our Lives rally in New York, 2018
podcast

‘Children are dead. And people are still making excuses’: March For Our Lives activist Ariel Hobbs

What are T Levels and why should I study this new qualification?
Students learn how to drive a fork-lift truck
Education

What are T Levels and why should I study this new qualification?

The loss of humanities courses like English literature will leave education in a poorer place
Paul McNamee

The loss of humanities courses like English literature will leave education in a poorer place

UK social mobility tsar tells working class people to lower their ambitions
Social mobility

UK social mobility tsar tells working class people to lower their ambitions

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Troy Deeney: 'What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?'
Troy Deeney
Activism

Troy Deeney: 'What about learning what other countries were like before Britain colonised them?'

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!
To launch our Schools Sell-Off in partnership with Social Enterprise Academy, Big Issue vendor Anabel (centre) met pupils Orla Maxwell, Aaron McKenna, Kierston Gibb and Willow Michael from St Bernard’s Primary School in Glasgow.
Sponsored content

School social enterprise stars take up the Big Issue sell-off challenge!

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world
Social Enterprise Schools share experiences across the globe
Sponsored content

Social enterprise: the next generation shaping a better world

Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government's climate education strategy
Binoculars
Earth Day 2022

Natural history GCSE to be introduced as part of government's climate education strategy

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