Education secretary defends £14k donation as 'declared properly and thoroughly'
Sunday, 22 September 2024 () Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has defended receiving a donation of £14,000 from a Labour peer embroiled in a freebies row, saying it was "declared properly and thoroughly".
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says she recognises that she is in a privileged position as an MP and that it was “hard to say no” as she accepted tickets to see Taylor Swift in concert. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at...
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson praises A-Level students for their “enormous resilience in the face of lots of disruption” during a visit to Loreto College in Hulme. The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades is up on last year and remains above pre-pandemic levels, national figures show. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admits there are “big gaps” in A-Level results across England with the North East faring worse than other areas, but insists “I am determined to turn that around”. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Delegates at the Labour conference have voted for a motion to reverse the winter fuel payment cuts. The vote is non-binding but showed an overwhelming majority voted in favour of reversing the decision to axe the benefit for millions of pensioners. Sir Keir Starmer was not present at the final day of the conference as he is set to attend the UN Security Council and General Assembly in New York. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Sunday, 22 September 2024 ()
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has defended receiving a donation of £14,000 from a Labour peer embroiled in a freebies row, saying it was "declared properly and thoroughly".
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The party's energy spokesperson Dave Doogan said Labour "is more concerned with funding needless nuclear projects... than it is with supporting hard-pressed...
Cornwall's Labour MPs were accused of being complicit in pensioner deaths after voting to withdraw winter fuel payments for the elderly
