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Tories hand back £7,400
Cameron’s local Tory party pays back illegal donations

David Cameron’s local Conservative party association has admitted receiving more than £7,000 in illegal donations. The Witney Conservative Association has voluntarily forfeited the money after it emerged the benefactors were not on the electoral roll, making them ineligible to donate to a political party. Labour said the revelation was “shocking”, coming weeks after the Conservatives… Read more »

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Ucas: new diploma equal to three A grade A-levels
Diplomas ‘equal to three A-levels’

The government’s diploma qualifications moved a step closer towards credibility today as exam and university admissions chiefs said they could be equivalent to more than three A-levels. Schools minister Jim Knight has accepted recommendations that the highest level diplomas are equivalent to 3.5 A-levels, making them suitable for pupils planning to go on to university…. Read more »