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Parliamentarians in the United Kingdom recently sat for a year six SAT exam and actually scored less than Britain's average 10-year-olds. The event was organised by More Than A Score, a campaign that advocates for the scrapping of unnecessary tests.

Under the same conditions faced by Year 6 pupils, 12 MPs and peers tested their knowledge of fronted adverbials and long division in mock English and maths papers yesterday.

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan insisted the Government remained committed to some of the elements within the doomed legislation.

A bill designed to "raise education standards" in England has been dropped, Gillian Keegan says.

Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary, confirms withdrawal of legislation following opposition in the House of Lords

Robin Walker has been the citys MP since 2010.

Campaigners seeking abolition of year 6 SATs staged event at which children invigilated tests on parliamentarians

The move to strip private schools of their charitable status - meaning their fees will be subject to 20 per cent VAT - triggered a political storm after it was highlighted in last weeks Mail on Sunday.

The MP for Mid-Worcestershire "has never" claimed on expenses for Christmas parties" and "does not intend to do so" this…

THE final list of candidates vying to be Labour’s next parliamentary candidate for Worcester has been revealed.