Zelenskyy says he discussed security guarantees for Ukraine with Starmer at No 10 meeting – as it happened

14/08/2025 14:52 The Guardian

Ukrainian president says leaders discussed how to make peace ‘truly durable if US succeeds in pressing Russia to stop the killings’Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has vowed to tackle the “yawning inequalities” in educational attainment.Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, she said:Alongside the post-16 white paper that we’ll be publishing later on this year, I will also bring a big focus through our schools white paper on how we tackle these thorny generational challenges where white working-class kids across our country don’t get the start that they deserve.Now the school system is an important part of how we respond to that, but I would say alongside it so much of this develops and opens up in the early years. “The attainment gap that we see between less well-off students and better-off students opens up before the age of five. Continue reading...

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