Nick Clegg joins former Cabinet minister Lord Heseltine to unveil plans to invest £450 million in businesses across England aimed at creating or safeguarding 100,000 jobs
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Some ethnic minority groups no longer face automatic disadvantage in Britain, with social class now a key factor in holding people back, Cabinet minister said... more
The ordeal of getting through airport security could be less onerous in the future once security officials direct their attention to people showing suspect behaviour rather than at all passengers indiscriminately... more
Middle-class people are failing to understand the impact of migration on poorer workers because they are 'insulated' from competition for jobs and services, a government minister warns... more
Ministers launch £12 million scheme to combat the spread of Right-wing extremism amid fears that the recession could create rising social tensions... more
Up to 100,000 students will pay more for university after ministers slashed grants for middle-class families just weeks after they were introduced... more
The struggle to turn around some failing institutions has seen community leaders and politicians willing to embrace radical new teaching and funding methods.
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The war of words over Oxbridge admissions has escalated after the Universities Secretary accused Oxford's chancellor of having "outmoded" views... more
A group of leading universities will guarantee interviews to gifted working-class teenagers amid mounting government pressure to take more students from state schools... more
The war of words between Britain's elite universities and the Government escalated as Cabinet minister John Denham launched an astonishing attack on Oxford... more
Universities Secretary John Denham has sparked a new social class row with Oxbridge, demanding that "highly-selective" colleges do more to help poor students... more
More students are dropping out of university than ever before - and one writer whose son did so says the education system must stop betraying them... more
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