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• Labour stalling on Jackdaw and Rosebank because ‘heart’s not really in it’, says Badenoch – as it happened August 21, 2026
  This blog is now closed. See all our UK politics coverage hereAfter Emily Thornberry’s call for the government to ban goods from the occupied West Bank (see post at 11:05), Peter Beaumont and Quique Kierszenbaum report on how Israeli settler attacks in areas designated for a future Palestinian state and currently under direct Palestinian control […]
  Tom Ambrose (now) and Taz Ali (earlier)
• I asked 13 college grads for dorm essentials that stood the test of time August 21, 2026
  I asked 13 people about the things they have carried from college into adulthood –and found their modern day equivalents21 things tweens want for back-to-school season, according to tweensSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, better thingsOne of the highlights of the summer before college was trotting off to […]
  Megan Reynolds
• Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English August 20, 2026
  Government confirms plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification in England as students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education experts and school leaders after retake pass rates slumped this […]
  Richard Adams and Sally Weale
• Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by his university August 20, 2026
  Researcher Nathan Cofnas previously claimed Black people would hold few high-profile positions in a meritocracyNathan Cofnas, the academic who made plagiarism allegations against Prof Jason Arday before his death, has been suspended by a university.Arday, 41, resigned from his role at the University of Cambridge this month after coverage of Cofnas’s accusations of plagiarism. The […]
  Chris Osuh and agencies
• The Guardian view on GCSE results: much to celebrate, much to reform | Editorial August 20, 2026
  Another post-pandemic cohort has shown its resilience and talent. But growing inequalities of outcome must be addressedMost pupils who received their GCSE results this week were in the penultimate year of primary school when Covid struck, disrupting their preparation for secondary education. As with other post-pandemic cohorts, their achievements are therefore a testament to their […]
  Editorial
• UK minister criticises misogynistic social media culture | Politics Weekly August 20, 2026
  Racism and misogyny are becoming normalised as a result of rightwing politics and the ‘cesspit’ of social media, according to Labour’s Bridget Phillipson. In an extended interview, the minister for women and equalities and new party chair talks to Kiran Stacey about her fears for British society, the climate crisis, what Andy Burnham is really […]
  Presented by Kiran Stacey , with Bridget Phillipson. This episode was produced by Ned Carter Miles, Nada Smiljanic and James Tindale . The executive producer was Frankie Tobi
• GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – as it happened August 20, 2026
  Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boysAlmost one in four boys in England get top grades in mathsMyles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation […]
  Taz Ali (now) and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (earlier)
• GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths August 20, 2026
  Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1%Almost one in four boys in England received top grades in maths while results in English improved across the board, helping to propel improved GCSE results for this year’s cohort of 16-year-olds.The […]
  Richard Adams and Sally Weale