Voters today send a message to Boris Johnson that his Government must not let down children again by failing to reopen schools next month. A Daily Mail poll reveals the depth of feeling about getting pupils back into class full time. A huge majority believe it should be the top priority for ministers. Most are … Read more
Where is Boris? We are told he’s camping in Scotland with fiancée Carrie Symonds and baby son Wilfred. It’s hard to imagine him banging in tent pegs, or hunched over a flickering Primus stove. Maybe he’s not really camping and being bitten to death by midges but sheltering in a friend’s house on some pleasant … Read more
Gavin Williamson is ‘on his last life’ after his humiliating exams fiasco and will be sacked if Boris Johnson‘s schools reopening is botched, ministers claim. The Education Secretary has defied calls to resign from MPs across the board following his disastrously mishandled A-level grading debacle. Cabinet colleagues now believe that embattled Mr Williamson, who is … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… Government’s exams fiasco By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:07 BST, 19 August 2020 | Updated: 02:07 BST, 19 August 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
Boris Johnson was last night facing calls to delay this week’s GCSE results as the exam fiasco worsened. He is facing growing anger from his own party over the ‘huge mess’ surrounding the A-level results of millions of teenagers. Lord Baker, who introduced the GCSE system, said Thursday’s results announcement should be delayed by two … Read more
Key statistics in this year’s A-level results The proportion of candidates receiving top grades is the highest on record. A total of 27.9% of entrants scored either an A or A*, up from 25.5% in 2019. Some 9.0% of entrants received an A*. This is another record high, and is up from 7.8% last year. … Read more
Thousands of coronavirus deaths ‘will be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after urgent review into counting fiasco that meant no-one in England could EVER recover By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 08:30 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 08:31 BST, 6 August 2020 Thousands of coronavirus deaths are going to be wiped … Read more
Antibody tests being used by Public Health England could be missing a third of positive results, a study has shown as Britain’s coronavirus testing fiasco deepens. A company given £1million of Government funding in March has produced a test that doesn’t yet meet ‘challenging’ official standards. And the Department of Health has already cancelled orders … Read more
Which of us would like to be in Matt Hancock’s shoes? The beleaguered Health Secretary faces formidable problems, and the mounting chorus of blame is principally aimed at him. There is a shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline NHS staff. If the Government should change its advice and sensibly recommend that we should … Read more