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England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints

England school inspections to be overhauled again after barrage of complaints

Exclusive: Education secretary sends Ofsted back to ‘drawing board’ as teachers raise ‘serious concerns’ about new system School inspections in England will be overhauled for the second time in a year, after a barrage of complaints that the new system was dangerously stressful and damaging teachers’ mental health. Lucy Powell, the education secretary, will tell the schools regulator Ofsted to “go back to the drawing board” after becoming concerned that inspection changes overseen by her predecessor, Bridget Phillipson, were creating problems for headteachers. Continue reading...

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Oct 2, 2026 · byThe Guardian
RAF Fairford: Labour’s deputy leader says ‘I trust our police’ after Trump questions decision to bail suspects – latest updates

RAF Fairford: Labour’s deputy leader says ‘I trust our police’ after Trump questions decision to bail suspects – latest updates

Lucy Powell’s comments come after US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, also expressed concerns and says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind plot Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot Five men arrested over a suspected plot at RAF Fairford have been released on bail as police investigate why they were so close to the airbase in three vans with suspicious material in the back. The five suspects were revealed to be British men, all in their 20s and from London. Their release on police bail suggests detectives believe it is unlikely they were on the brink of a mass casualty attack by exploding a bomb close to the base, sources said. Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live

Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference – UK politics live

Union leader says getting rid of triple lock not ‘the right thing’ as the PM prepares to lay out his ‘hope comes from honesty’ vision in Liverpool this afternoon Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan Lucy Powell , the deputy Labour leader, has been doing a media round this morning. In interviews, she stressed that Labour is committed to keeping the pensions triple lock for the duration of this parliament. But she did not deny reports that Andy Burnham might use his speech to suggest that it should go in the next parliament. (See 8.40am .) She told Sky News: We are committed to the triple lock. It’s in our manifesto. The triple lock has really delivered for pensioners, in this country, over the course of this parliament … I don’t know what Andy’s going to say about that today, but I know that what he’s talking about is this big conversation about solving these big problems, but being really honest with people that they come at a cost. We can’t carry on as we are. Politics-as-usual has taken Britain backwards. More of the same isn’t good enough and isn’t going to get us where we need to be. Hope comes from honesty and from saying the things politicians usually avoid. Continue reading...

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Sep 29, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

Labour must reunite progressive voters to win the next election, says Lucy Powell

The deputy leader wants the party to take advantage of a split on the right and not be embarrassed to show its values Labour must “reunite the progressive voter coalition” if it is to take advantage of a split on the right and win the next election, the party’s deputy leader has said. Lucy Powell, who won the race to be deputy leader 12 months ago with a warning that Labour was losing the fight to be heard as Reform UK surged, said the government now had a second chance under Andy Burnham. Continue reading...

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Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian
The Guardian view on vocational GCSEs: why now? | Editorial

The Guardian view on vocational GCSEs: why now? | Editorial

Ministers’ commitment to cutting youth unemployment is admirable, but how new qualifications will help is unclear The first question that should be asked about plans to launch a batch of vocational GCSEs is: how will these differ from the roughly 50 similar courses that already exist? Is this primarily a rebadging exercise, aimed at boosting the qualifications’ status and name recognition, while signalling how seriously non-academic education is taken by Andy Burnham and his education secretary, Lucy Powell? Or is there something the matter with the existing courses that they want to put right? The independent curriculum review completed last year recommended a moratorium on new technical  awards, except where there is an “exceptionally compelling” case for change. It also proposed that the Department for Education analyse existing ones, including how well they prepare pupils for 16-19 education; no such research has appeared. Continue reading...

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Sep 24, 2026 · byThe Guardian
New Ofsted inspection regime is damaging our health, headteachers say

New Ofsted inspection regime is damaging our health, headteachers say

School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmed Headteachers in England want Ofsted to stop grading their schools, saying its new inspection regime is harming their mental health and creating greater stress than the system it was designed to replace. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said it has given the education secretary, Lucy Powell, “countless examples” of the damaging effects on its members since the new inspection framework was introduced a year ago. Continue reading...

EnglandLucy Powell
Sep 21, 2026 · byThe Guardian