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The education bill aims to promote dicipline in school, but contains clauses on tuition fees too
Government ‘hiding’ tuition fees plans in education bill

By Ian Dunt The government has been accused of “hiding” controversial tuition fee proposals in a bill on classroom behaviour. The education bill, published today, reveals government plans to radically increase teachers’ authority over rowdy pupils but it also includes a clause allowing variable rates of interest on student loans. The addition to the bill,… Read more »

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No reprieve for ‘town hall Pravdas’

By Alex Stevenson Ministers are refusing to give way after a Commons committee attacked them for placing restrictions on “town hall Pravdas”. The coalition government is imposing a new code of practice controlling the publication of local authority newsletters. A report from the communities and local government committee has attacked the move as cutting across… Read more »