The governments Public Sector pay cap after pressure from some of her cabinet to lift it. It isnt fair to go out and tell people they can have all the public spending they want without paying for it. Wages are rising by 2. 1 while inflation is nearly 3 . Six million workers already earn less than the living wage. What part to be quiet do you not understand . Shut up failed by the police the disabled refugee whose repeated pleas for help were ignored and who was brutally murdered. The debate over tuition fees a new report says students in england from the poorest backgrounds can expect debts of nearly £60,000. Munching through the Bamboo Curtain Angela Merkel and the chinese president xi jinping hope these giant pandas will bring them closer together. And back on centre court, andy murray seeks to defend his wimbledon title in the second round against dustin brown. Its 5 oclock. Our main story the government is to send in a taskforce to take over the running of parts of kensington and
Coming up at 9. 15am. And the Us Government is turning up the heat on russia over its support for syrian president assad. Americas top diplomat is in moscow for talks with his opposite number. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Also coming up later, we have an exclusive report on how Cambridgeshire County Council failed to protect a 15 Year Old Girl from being sexually abused by her teacher, despite warnings. The victims commissioner, baroness newlove, tells us that teachers and social workers should be prosecuted if they fail to flag child sexual abuse concerns to stop cases like this. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. Police in germany say theyre investigating a possible islamist link to last nights attack on the Borussia Dortmund Football Teams bus. Three explosions hit the bus, which was taking the clubs playe
Hes pleased with its progress. I complained about that a long time ago and they made a change, and now they do fight terrorism. I said it was obsolete, its no longer obsolete. Is trump changing the world or has the world changed trump . United airlines. Is it a random cock up, or a problem with capitalism . And the latest Battle Ground between populism and liberalism. Israel wants to project an image around the world that is one of an open society in which dissent is not persecuted. But there is a growing fear here that a new generation of political leaders wants to shut down critical voices. Hello, schools out for easter, but schools policy is very much in this week. The Education Secretary Justine Greening is to give a big speech on education in england tomorrow. She will undoubtedly restate the aim of the government to make better schools for ordinary families, who are just about managing. But does the government have a strategy for delivering that objective, in the absence of money
Its thursday, the 13th april. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has said that she wants a new model of Grammar Schools in england which are open for everyone. She says she particularly wants to ensure that there are much stronger educational outcomes for ordinary Working Families, and notjust the privileged few. But new analysis from the government shows a majority of Selective School places go to more affluent families. Lets here little of whatJustine Greening has been saying in the past few minutes. The final part of the plan for britain is a Fairer Society. A society based on merit. Delivering a Fairer Society should start with education and our schools, making sure that our children and young people can do their very best, and reach their potential wherever they are growing up. That is the means by which we build a better country, its how we deliver the plan for britain. In short, we are the means, our countrys people, each
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