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LABOUR challenged Theresa May today to axe the “shocking” appointment of right-wing journalist and free schools advocate Toby Young to the new higher education watchdog.
Mr Young’s appointment to the board of the new Office for Students universities regulator has been controversial because of his casual bigotry, sexism, homophobia and fanaticism for the privatisation of education.
“Theresa May cannot allow this appointment to stand,” said shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler.
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER