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Keir Starmer has built up a reasonably static 15-point lead in the polls without doing or saying anything too radical. This strategy has been vindicated by a strong, albeit not spectacular showing in local elections, where Conservative losses surpassed even Greg Hands’s attempts at expectations management. The Labour leader is, absent a material change in circumstances, the most likely next prime minister.
Every year record numbers of children contact charities asking for help to manage exam stress. I’ve seen it happen myself — I’ve worked with teeangers in schools and colleges for the past 15 years. Exam stress is now all-consuming. We’re talking weeks or months of emotional distress. What follows tend to be problems with mental and physical health.
Ellie Costello is at the front of a growing movement against the “one-size-fits-all” education system that creates, she says, kids who cannot cope in school. Square Peg, the parent support group she leads, is particularly concerned by the top-down pressures schools are facing to bolster attendance. This forces “square pegs” to fit round holes that persistent absenteeism
They need to talk freely and support their peers. "We haven't seen many high-profile people sharing their stories of schizophrenia, for instance", Dr
Survivors of online violence have urged the PM to strengthen the Online Safety Bill, claiming tech companies have ignored violence online.