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Keir Starmer scraps Tony Blair’s target for half of pupils to go to university

Sir Keir Starmer has scrapped the target for 50 per cent of pupils to go to university, instead pledging that Labour will aim ...
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Starmer dumps Blair's aim to get half of schoolchildren into university in apprenticeship drive

Keir Starmer dropped Labour's Tony Blair-era drive to get half of all schoolchildren into university today, branding it outdated. The Prime Minister used his speech to the party conference to alter ...

Tony Blair’s long experience in the Middle East is both his strength and his weakness

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has returned to the forefront of Middle East peace efforts with a U.S. proposal that ...

UK's Starmer replaces Blair-era university target with broader skills ambition

The British government said on Tuesday it would scrap a target of getting 50% of young people going to university, and would ...