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Universities taking less state school pupils

The Labour government has failed to make any progress in raising standards in state schools, the Conservatives claimed today. Shadow higher education minister Stephen O’Brien said new figures showing the proportion of state school pupils at universities had fallen are proof that the government had failed to break down education barriers. Figures from the Higher… Read more »

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Ken: Public services not just for the poor

The Conservatives must put the improvement of public services at the heart of their approach to government, Ken Clarke said last night. Many people still believed Tories wanted to privatise public services “in order to save money and then cut taxes for our rich friends”, the leadership hopeful said. But he insisted that the Conservatives… Read more »