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pupils will win places by ballot
Brighton adopts schools lottery

School children in Brighton will be allocated secondary school places by lottery. Brighton and Hove council announced today that places in oversubscribed secondary schools will be allocated by electronic ballot, rather than the distance a child lives from the school. The council has also drawn up fixed catchment areas based on postcodes, which aim to… Read more »

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Alan Duncan has said Britain must be 're-civilised'
Duncan: We must re-civilise Britain

Alan Duncan has argued that Britain must be re-civilised – or risk a decline into the chaos of Lord of the Flies. In a speech to the Centre for Policy Studies, the shadow trade and industry secretary said education, authority, and politics had to be reformed to prevent this from happening. “If there is one… Read more »