Michael Pyke News Today

<strong>Brief letters: </strong>Poor judgment | State school kids at Oxbridge | Assisted dying | A quick baked potato

<strong>Brief letters: </strong>Slur on pensioners | Sunak’s ‘foreign’ courts | Second-class deliveries | The world’s scone mad

Labour says its tax plans mean more money for the state sector.

<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers respond to the outcry from Brexiters at the number of EU flags on display at the Last Night of the Proms

<strong>Letters:</strong> An inappropriate curriculum has a part to play, says <strong>Michael Pyke</strong>. Plus,<strong> Peter Downes </strong>suggests the emphasis on Stem subjects is counterproductive

<strong>Letters: </strong>Readers respond to Suella Braverman’s plan to compensate for shortages in the haulage, butchering and farming industries

Letters: <strong>Prof Colin Richards </strong>stands by his 1990s criticism of the schools regulator, <strong>Michael Pyke</strong> says it was set up to enforce a marketised system, and other readers give their views

As the deadline for secondary school applications approaches, some parents are going to extreme lengths to secure their first choice

This niche Melbourne bar is an incredibly loveable and odd little place, reviews Besha Rodell.

Letters:<strong> Michael Pyke</strong> takes issue with Nadhim Zahawi’s argument that it is up to state schools to improve access to elite universities. Plus letters from <strong>Richard Duckworth, Gerald Sandison </strong>and <strong>Nigel Gann</strong>