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CBI wary of A-level shake-up
CBI wary of A-level shake-up

Business leaders are unconvinced that radical reforms to the exam system will necessarily go hand in hand with improved standards in literacy and numeracy. Employers’ body, the Confederation of Business Industry, said it was opposed to change for the sake of change and wanted guarantees the Government would go back to basics on English and… Read more »

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Hoon seeks to reassure on Iraq deployment

The Secretary of State for Defence has told the House of Commons that America has requested the deployment of some UK troops into American controlled areas in Iraq. Geoff Hoon sought to reassure MPs that no decision on the request has yet been made, and announced that a reconnaissance group would be dispatched to the… Read more »