the education secretary, gillian keegan , says secretary, gillian keegan, says the grading system will levels in to order keep up with international standards. but will not impact on university places. >> the total number of students accepted onto uk degree courses has fallen 2.6% on the same point last year , with 414,940 point last year, with 414,940 taking up places so far. that's according to initial ucas figures . figures. >> well, joining us now is the founder of education and skills, tom richmond. >> hello to you , tom. so we've >> hello to you, tom. so we've seen a substantial drop in the top grades combined a and the a styles down from 36% to 26. but there's still above pre—pandemic levels . so the big question is, levels. so the big question is, are a—levels past their sell by date ? date? >> i hope not. they are very well respected qualifications. >> they've been around since 1951. so i think there is still good reason to look at them and say they've got a lot of credibility . credibility. >> but you're right, we've had a very turbulent few years. >> you mentioned the number

but get this education secretary, this the education secretary, gillian keegan, the gillian keegan, saysn keegan, says that the grades may not even matter. i'm finding it hard to know whether or not she's done the right thing in saying this. she's a bit fruity. gillian keegan some of the things she says, the education secretary says that she realistic in how she was being realistic in how modern look at the modern employers look at the results. listen to this. not at all. >> i mean, obviously a—levels are really important part of the journey they're on and journey that they're on and the destination they're going destination that they're going to to now. so the really to get to now. so the really important thing them is important thing for them is getting to their next destination. whether that's going on to do an apprenticeship, going into the world into world of work or go into university. i'm delighted university. and i'm delighted that and of young that lots and lots of young people have got their firm choice or their insurance to go to university, the place that they wanted. so that

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earlier we heard from education sectretary gillian keegan who explained how this year's a—levels haveto last year of the two years previous. we are comparing them to 2019. in terms of the level playing field for the cohort taking exams then, yes, definitely. exams are the fairest way, everybody sits on the same place, with the same content, with the same conditions, having to do the same conditions, having to do the same conditions, having to do the same exam. before we go into this, we have tojust the same exam. before we go into this, we have to just congratulate this, we have to just congratulate this cohort. they have been through such a lot. they have shown massive resilience and they have taken their exams, they have really stepped up to the plate, and they are going to do great, because they will have access to as many opportunities, if not more, than ever. let's talk to city of liverpool college students — ajay branscombe and lucy cavanagh. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. you havejust got thank you forjoining us on bbc news. you have just got your results ajay, how did yo

here's education secretary gillian keegan speaking to our political correspondent damian grammaticas.hat's something that should be part of the inquiry. obviously, not only are there the answers that families need and families deserve, but there are also clearly going to be lessons that need to be learned from this case, so i think the inquiry will be something that, hopefully, can look at that in great detail. live now to professor philip banfield, british medical association council chair. thank forjoining thank for joining us thank forjoining us here on bbc news. first of all let's just get your reaction to these calls for tougher regulation of management? well, i mean it is not a question of tougher regulation, it is having some regulation of senior managers in the nhs. you know, there is no accountability in the way that doctors and nurses are accountable to their regulators, and indeed a lot of the distress that comes from doctors trying to raise concerns is a professional obligation under the general medical council's good medical practice to report and escalate safety concerns

what the education secretary, gillian keegan, told me is that she said that the inquiry that's going consider all of these issues in the round, she said, including what lessons need to be learned, what changes need to be made to both the nhs, its management and the legal profession as well. so certainly sort of suggesting that the inquiry should consider this issue, but it's worth saying a couple of things. one is it's notjust the doctors. the medical union that speaks for them has also called for managers to be regulated. but the government itself was already looking at this issue back in 2019. even before that, a couple of years before that, it was all being discussed, sort of put on hold because of the pandemic, but also put on hold because it's a complicated area. i think these managers have different responsibilities to doctors. and one of the issues concerning the government back then was managers coming from outside the health sort of professions, how would you bring them in and bring them under regulations? there's a lot of issues to contend with there. but saying that it sho

meanwhile — the education secretary gillian keegan — has said the inquiry into letby�*s murders shouldticas. we were expecting further fallout from this, inquiries are going to be launched, just talk us through the latest. launched, 'ust talk us through the latest. , , ., , , ., launched, 'ust talk us through the latest. , , latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has come _ latest. yes, this, as you say, i call that has come from - latest. yes, this, as you say, i | call that has come from various quarters in the wake of this terrible case and as you say, the lead doctors at the hospital where lucy b was a nurse —— lucy letby was a nurse, where she murdered those babies, those league doctors came out in the trial saying how they are alerted managers with said managers were reluctant to take action against the nurse and the doctors have now said they believe managers of hospitals should be regulated, so have the valves sort of professional regulation, professional accountability, the same w

but in a statement, the education secretary gillian keegan said, "nothing is more important than makingh is why we are acting on new evidence about raac now, ahead of the start of term. the plan we have set out will minimise the impact on pupil learning and provide schools with the right funding." iam nowjoined by professor chris goodier — award—winning expert in construction engineering and materials, nigel attwood — headteacher at bellfield junior school, and shadow secretary of state for education bridget phillipson. good evening, gillian keegan said the most important thing is the safety of staff and children, we have new evidence and we are acting now, has she done the right thing? the safety of children has to come first absolutely, but this has been scandalous incompetence on the part of the government. we saw on the timeline that ministers have known for a very long time, for years, there were major problems with in our schools are state and failed to act. to get to this very last—minute decision just as term is about to start and especially given the disruption children have ex

earlier, i spoke to gillian earlier , julie keegan gillian earlier, julie keegan spoke to reporters about natwest and its shareholders , natwest and its shareholders, but i can understand why people do think, you know, it does look quite high and i would expect that they would consider, you know, what the public think about it, particularly given the circumstances of her departure . circumstances of her departure. that's gillian keegan, the education secretary, to talking reporters earlier. >> there's clearly is some concern here amongst ministers and i've been talking to senior people and they people in the treasury and they are looking at this very closely. of de—banking closely. the idea of de—banking is not right. really. everyone should have the right to a bank. and seems interesting, and it seems interesting, doesn't people like doesn't it, that people like nigel farage even jeremy doesn't it, that people like nigel theige even jeremy doesn't it, that people like nigel the chancellor n jeremy doesn't it, that people like nigel the chancellor was'emy doesn't it, that people like nige

the education secretary, gillian keegan, said taking exams was the fairest way of doing it so everyoneield. whether students hear there are two big decisions they have to make now. whether they go on to further education, that could be university. we are hearing from ucas who are saying 79% of students have gained their first place at university. but university is not the only thing that you can think about doing. you can go into vocational side of training, whether that be apprenticeship or firms operate other schemes you can move straight into. that is what a lot of the students here will be thinking about. the numbers i spoke to this morning have got the right qualifications they need and got into university. but the staff here are on hand for those who perhaps did not quite get the result they were expecting and they can talk through the options they have available. some of them will go into what is known as the clearing system in the uk. ucas runs that and they can say, i didn't get the results i need, can you find a place for me? 0thers need, can you find a place for me? others w

education secretary gillian keegan says it will create more opportunity for students to get into theest universities . universities. >> eton actually initiated this and they worked with star academy that have got a lot of experience in the west midlands and the north of really turning schools around and they will provide support , thought provide support, thought curriculum, support some financial support as well. and what it is , is it's 16 to 19. what it is, is it's 16 to 19. and so it's for those children who they want to try and get into the best universities because we know that still some of our best universities are still dominated by people who go to private schools . to private schools. >> labour claims the economy is stuck in a low growth trap under the conservatives. analysis by the conservatives. analysis by the opposition predicts uk growth will be the slowest of the g7 countries next year. the bank of england has already downgraded its forecasts from 0.75 to 0.5. labour leader sir keir starmer accused the tories of failing to do enough to fix the economy. >> the mismatc

i think a lot people this this is lot of people this is this is gillian the way, says gillian keegan,nk lot of people go to , i think a lot of people go to university because don't university because they don't know else to do. and do you know what else to do. and do you know what else to do. and do you know more i learn know what? the more i learn about this week , about gillian keegan this week, the more can see how well the more i can see how well connected she is to ordinary people . so far this week she's people. so far this week she's told people not worry told people not to worry too much their exam results. much about their exam results. she's told people that in ten years most employers won't years time, most employers won't care exam results . care about your exam results. and now she's saying a lot of people university are people going to university are wasting time . mean, i'm wasting theirtime. i mean, i'm sorry , she's education. sorry, she's education. >> agree with her. she's more >> i agree with her. she's more like education secretary. i like the education secretary.

well education secretary gillian keegan says students shouldn't be disappointed . be disappointed. >>were going to if they'd have got to be and gone to university in 2019, they'll get b and to go to university get a, b and to go to university in 2023. so all we've done is and this is really important because our exams , both gcses because our exams, both gcses and a—levels, are highly regarded across the world and we just want to make sure they keep that value and obviously we needed to go back from teacher assessed grades and we that assessed grades and we did that last year. but now we're going back to the normal grading last year. but now we're going back to and normal grading last year. but now we're going back to and that|al grading sure system and that will make sure that these hold their value. >> questioned on labour's policy of getting 50% of all students into university , the shadow into university, the shadow education , bridget education secretary, bridget phillipson, told us it's more important that young people have choices. >> if i were education secretary, i'd make sur

earlier we heard from education sectretary gillian keegan who explained how this year's a—levels havedents having missed out on taking gcses because of the pandemic. you can't compare them to last year of the two years previous. we are comparing them to 2019 because it is the same grading system. in comparing them to 2019 because it is the same grading system.— comparing them to 2019 because it is the same grading system. in terms of a level playing — the same grading system. in terms of a level playing field, _ the same grading system. in terms of a level playing field, definitely. - a level playing field, definitely. exams are the fairest way. everybody sits on the same place with the same content, with the same conditions, having to do the same exam. before we go into this, we have to congratulate this cohort. they have been through such a lot. they have shown massive resilience and they have taken their exams, they have really stepped up to the plate, and they are going to do great, because they are going to do great, because they will have access to as many opportunities, if not

but the important thing is 85% of them, our home students at undergraduate level, gillian keegan we'vening street today. >> well, i think cash is very important and having access to cash is very important. you know, i worked many, many years ago actually on development of digital but the way digital cash, but all the way along, we always knew it was important that option important to have that option of real many , many real cash for many, many different uses. >> okay, lovely . good to see you >> okay, lovely. good to see you this morning. thanks much indeed. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> here's your weather. >> here's your weather. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there . ah, good morning >> hello there. ah, good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office most of us can look forward to a relatively fine and dry day and there is a good dose of sunshine. generally you of sunshine. generally if

earlier we heard from education sectretary, gillian keegan, who explained how this year's a—levels have pandemic. you can't compare them to last year all the two years previous. what we are comparing them to is 2019, because that is the same grading system. but in terms of a level playing field for all the cohort taking exams this year, then, yes, definitely. because exams are the fairest way, everybody sits in the same place, with the same content, with the same conditions having to do the same exam. but before we go into this, we have to just congratulate this cohort. because they have been through such a lot, they've shown massive resilience and they've taken their exams, they've really stepped up to the plate and you know, they are going to do great because they will have access to as many opportunities, if not more, than ever. our reporter nicky schiller is at a college in leeds. there have been celebrations. i have seen people opening their envelopes and they grab the envelope from the staff who are here and then some people have been opening them there and then. others, like i di

, the >> that was gillian keegan, the education secretary, didn't mention, of course , fact mention 22. you know what also just kills me is she stood there talking about all this resilience it's smiley resilience and it's all smiley and they're resilient because of the which them the lockdowns which kept them off weren't off school, which weren't entirely for that demographic. >> get started on >> but don't get me started on and i haven't quite got and also, i haven't quite got the the the bottom of even in the last yean the bottom of even in the last year, 10% of those kids who did those gcses missed a lot of school time. >> why ? and also, we've never >> why? and also, we've never got found. and the 100,000 kids who disappeared from the system dunng who disappeared from the system during lockdown never gone back, never back into schools. never went back into schools. and that's tragic because you can't get that education back, can't get that education back, can you ? now we're talking can you? now we're talking immigration. backlog of immigration. the backlog of asylum cases. gues

february in their dispute over pay, february in their dispute over pay, the education secretary gillian keeganlcomes the decision, saying it brings an end to disruption in classrooms . now the prime minister says allowing 100 new north sea oil and gas licences is into clearly consistent with the uk's target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. rishi sunak explained that even by then the uk would still need oil and gas for 25% of its energy needs. the prime minister says therefore it's better to source fuel from britain rather than shipping it from around the world. the decision, though, has been criticised by environmental campaigners, saying it's dangerously inconsistent with the government's climate policy . a number of conservative mps are calling for the financial conduct authority to be investigated over the de—banking of nigel farage coote's account nigel farage says coutts has offered to reinstate his personal and business accounts, but he's determined to find out how many other people in coutts or natwest or any other bank for that matter have had their accounts closed because of their

education secretary gillian keegan says the government is keeping on top of doing all it can to deal with the issue. >> if it's in a place that is causing concern , you know, causing concern, you know, sometimes it can be in a part of the building that's, you know, doesn't have children in etcetera, so we have been going in great detail and we're taking a very cautious much, a very cautious approach, much, much than we would much more involved than we would usually be because the responsible have responsible building owners have their we are on their own plans. but we are on top that. the department is top of that. the department is playing role to try and playing a bigger role to try and make that we just support make sure that we just support those schools have risk and those schools that have risk and mitigate it minimise the mitigate it and minimise the disruption to children as soon as possible . as possible. >> junior doctors and consultants will be taking joint strike action in england for the first time across september and october. they'll walk out for four days in their lon

education secretary gillian keegan says it's the right thing to do for both pupils and staff.ociation of school and college leaders claims the government knew about the dangers back in 2018 and has been too slow to respond . a been too slow to respond. a south wales police officer faces a criminal investigation for dangerous driving after two teenagers were killed in cardiff. 16 year old kyrees sullivan and 15 year old harvey evans died in may when they crashed on an e—bike. the officer was previously served with a gross misconduct notice, as was another officer who was in the vehicle and grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallace after four years in the job. he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend more time with his family. education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing grant shapps and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . our website, gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold

and a bit of a row because gillian keegan was saying, well, look, don't worry if your a—level wasn't't matter at all. does she have half a point there ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think that she has a she does have a good point and she has i think she's shown courage in saying that we can't endlessly have inflation. inflation in in exam grades. a—level gcse is like inflation in our money. it makes us feel goodin in our money. it makes us feel good in the short term, but it's wrong in the long term because it doesn't have a proper sense of value and comparison . so of value and comparison. so i think the good news is that the great majority of young people who didn't get their grades that they hope for are still getting into their first store insurance . second choice offers for university . there are lots of university. there are lots of people, therefore, who are very relieved today to get in to and have university laid out for them. with the prospect of 3 or 4 years. but it's very tough. you know, it's tough for them in view of everything that they've had . and my heart absolutely had. and m

following walkouts in state schools since february in a dispute over pay the education secretary gillian keeganlcomed the decision, saying it bnngs welcomed the decision, saying it brings an end to disruption in the classroom . now the prime the classroom. now the prime minister has been saying today allowing ioo minister has been saying today allowing 100 new north sea oil and gas licences is entirely consistent with the uk's target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. he says that even by then the uk would still need oil and gas for 25% of its energy needs. the prime minister says it's better to source fuel from here in britain rather than shipping it from around the world or potentially being at the behest of foreign dictators. the decision is being criticised by environmental groups , saying it environmental groups, saying it is dangerously inconsistent with the government's climate policy . a number of conservative mps are calling for the financial conduct authority to be investigated over the de—banking of nigel farage's coots account on his programme here on gb news within the last hour

education secretary gillian keegan says the government is keeping on top of doing all it can to dealissue. >> if it's in a place that is causing concern, you know, sometimes it can be in a part of the building that's, you know, doesn't children it, doesn't have children in it, etcetera. so we have been going in great detail and we're taking a approach, much, a very cautious approach, much, much involved than we would a very cautious approach, much, much be involved than we would a very cautious approach, much, much be because! than we would usually be because the responsible owners have responsible building owners have their but are on their own plans. but we are on top of that. the department is playing a bigger role to try and make that we just support make sure that we just support those schools that have risk and mitigate and minimise the disruption to children. as soon mitigate and minimise the dispossibleo children. as soon mitigate and minimise the dispossible . children. as soon as possible. >> junior doctors and consultants will be taking joint strike action in england for t

and a bit of a row because gillian keegan was saying, well, look, don't worry if your a—level wasn't't matter at all. does she have half a point there ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think that she has a she does have a good point and she has i think she's shown courage in saying that we can't endlessly have inflation. inflation in in exam grades. a—level gcse is like inflation in our money. it makes us feel goodin in our money. it makes us feel good in the short term, but it's wrong in the long term because it doesn't have a proper sense of value and comparison . so of value and comparison. so i think the good news is that the great majority of young people who didn't get their grades that they hope for are still getting into their first store insurance . second choice offers for university . there are lots of university. there are lots of people, therefore, who are very relieved today to get in to and have university laid out for them. with the prospect of 3 or 4 years. but it's very tough. you know, it's tough for them in view of everything that they've had . and my heart absolutely had. and m

. >> it's gillian keegan. the >> it's gillian keegan.his is unusual i don't actually unusual because i don't actually think good at think she's usually very good at her was it was the her job, but she was it was the a—level results this weekend. a lot people didn't get the lot of people didn't get the results wanted they results they wanted because they were for once. were marked properly. for once. >> tweeted, look, in ten >> and she tweeted, look, in ten years time, years time, years time, 20 years time, people aren't going to ask you about people aren't going to ask you aboand thought was actually >> and i thought it was actually very refreshing to hear an education secretary honest education secretary be honest about this, because for so long we've focus on we've just had this focus on you've get to university you've got to get to university to this degree that it's to get this degree that it's going to then put you a going to then put you in a £25,000 job in pr, which £25,000 a yearjob in pr, which most don't actually need. most peo

. >> it's gillian keegan. the >> it's gillian keegan.his is unusual i don't actually unusual because i don't actually think good at think she's usually very good at her was it was the her job, but she was it was the a—level results this weekend. a lot people didn't get the lot of people didn't get the results wanted they results they wanted because they were for once. were marked properly. for once. >> tweeted, look, in ten >> and she tweeted, look, in ten years time, years time, years time, 20 years time, people aren't going to ask you about people aren't going to ask you aboand thought was actually >> and i thought it was actually very refreshing to hear an education secretary honest education secretary be honest about this, because for so long we've focus on we've just had this focus on you've get to university you've got to get to university to this degree that it's to get this degree that it's going to then put you a going to then put you in a £25,000 job in pr, which £25,000 a yearjob in pr, which most don't actually need. most peo

but moving on, we've got education secretary gillian keegan says people go to university because they? right? >> she's sent me, right. i think the problem actually goes back to blair when blair decided that 5,050% of the population should go to university, 50% of the population should not go to university. and the problem now is you've got institutions that call themselves universities that would once have been called polytechnics. and who would have had excellent world class vocational courses now give out things that they call degrees 0, which are effectively no more than the old fashioned diplomas , and they therefore charge as universities and children or young people rather, are paying through the nose , through loans through the nose, through loans and all the rest of it. very often , certainly not always, but often, certainly not always, but very often on for a qualification that is not going to give them any particular advantage in life. and that is what is so wrong and nobody's got the guts to tackle that now i think. gillian keegan is right when she says that , you know, whe

but moving on, we've got education secretary gillian keegan says people go to university because they? right? >> she's sent me, right. i think the problem actually goes back to blair when blair decided that 5,050% of the population should go to university, 50% of the population should not go to university. and the problem now is you've got institutions that call themselves universities that would once have been called polytechnics. and who would have had excellent world class vocational courses now give out things that they call degrees 0, which are effectively no more than the old fashioned diplomas , and they therefore charge as universities and children or young people rather, are paying through the nose , through loans through the nose, through loans and all the rest of it. very often , certainly not always, but often, certainly not always, but very often on for a qualification that is not going to give them any particular advantage in life. and that is what is so wrong and nobody's got the guts to tackle that now i think. gillian keegan is right when she says that , you know, whe

said in a very few cases schools may have to relocate their pupils to a different premises but gillian keeganng —— nothing is more important than the safety of children. very report is coming out injune where they could be up to 500 schools and they could be up to 500 schools and the surveys of those are ongoing so this could be just the start of more schools to be announced and they are taking it very seriously so any school that has this concrete, there will be big implications, notjust on the head teacher but on parents, they are expected to relocate to a slightly different building or location. . . , , , location. the criticism is why we are so late _ location. the criticism is why we are so late in — location. the criticism is why we are so late in the _ location. the criticism is why we are so late in the timeline - location. the criticism is why we are so late in the timeline on . location. the criticism is why we l are so late in the timeline on this with its core is just about to reopen before these announcements —— with schools just about to reopen before these announcements? this i

but education secretary gillian keegan says the government is keeping on top of doing all it can to deal with the issue . the issue. >> if it's in a place that is causing concern, you know, sometimes it can be in a part of the building that's, you know, doesn't have children in it, etcetera. so we have been going in great detail and we're taking a very cautious approach. much, much more involved we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbee involved we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbe because! we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbe because the we would usually be because the responsible have responsible building owners have their plans. but we are on their own plans. but we are on top that . the department is top of that. the department is playing a bigger role to try and make that we just support make sure that we just support those schools that have and mitigate and minimise the disruption children as soon disruption to children as soon as . as possible. >> grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallac

but education secretary gillian keegan says the government is keeping on top of doing all it can to deal with the issue . the issue. >> if it's in a place that is causing concern, you know, sometimes it can be in a part of the building that's, you know, doesn't have children in it, etcetera. so we have been going in great detail and we're taking a very cautious approach. much, much more involved we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbee involved we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbe because! we would a very cautious approach. much, much nbe because the we would usually be because the responsible have responsible building owners have their plans. but we are on their own plans. but we are on top that . the department is top of that. the department is playing a bigger role to try and make that we just support make sure that we just support those schools that have and mitigate and minimise the disruption children as soon disruption to children as soon as . as possible. >> grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallac

so this is all about gillian keegan suggesting that even that employers would not even look after she after she defended the falls in grades she said essentially what she's saying a decade from now, saying is a decade from now, those teenagers that are taking their a—levels now, the employers won't looking at employers won't be looking at them paying the price them and she's paying the price for as a politician for being honest as a politician because we all know what's going to these kids in ten to happen to these kids in ten years and going to years time. and they're going to be their late the be in their late 20s and the employers are going to look at their far more their experience far more than they going look at their they are going to look at their a—level results. i a—level results. because, i mean, true say that mean, it's true to say that a—level results may open a gate mean, it's true to say that a-twoel results may open a gate mean, it's true to say that a-two at esults may open a gate mean, it's true to say that a-two at thists may open a gate mean, it's true to say that

look up that story of chloe cole and we let it be a lesson to us all and to rishi sunak and to gillian keeganr this much needed and essential trans guidance into schools, you are failing all of us parents and all of our children. shame on you . for i feel so passionately you. for i feel so passionately about this subject matter and as about this subject matter and as a mom to a little one. because if my son, when he gets to puberty or whatever, starts to think, oh yeah, i'm not happy with this, or i don't like this, or i want to put a dress on or whatever it is, i don't want him to be actively encouraged to believe that he can be a girl and go on to this pathway that i believe can go on to cause him harm and i don't understand why people when i say people, i mean those powers that be. why aren't people up and stepping people stepping up and stepping in prevent some of what is in to prevent some of what is going on in this country? we're on this topic, and i saw that speech by chloe cole. >> it absolutely moved me to tears it. it really tears when i saw it. it really made me weep. and it still

education secretary gillian keegan says it's the right thing to do for both pupils and staff . but the association of school and college leaders claims the government knew about the dangers in 2018 and has been too slow to respond . grant shapps slow to respond. grant shapps has been appointed as the new defence secretary following the resignation of ben wallace . resignation of ben wallace. after four years in the job, he says he wants to explore different opportunities and spend more time with his family in his resignation letter, mr wallace says the ministry of defence is back on the path to being once again world class education minister claire coutinho takes over as energy and net zero secretary, replacing shapps shadow attorney general emily thornberry says the changes are a temporary measure . measure. >> it really doesn't matter how many new jobs rishi sunak gives to his friends , it's still to his friends, it's still moving. the deck chairs . there's moving. the deck chairs. there's still a sinking ship. there's country really needs change and the only change that they

i mean, the gillian keegan was actually in actually there was a letter in the we've got to bring it therade inflation the times. we've got to bring it bathorrendous.e grade inflation the times. we've got to bring it bathorrendous.e graa—levelson was horrendous. and a—levels have the last have devalued over the last couple years. but from i couple of years. but from what i see, there's going to be 100,000 less star grades tomorrow. 100,000, and it will bring things back into perspective. >> the problem is, is that there are very small kids. yeah, okay. it's an easy cliche to say. the independent schools, they they do. well, yes, they may have more support from them. there's a whole holistic sort of social picture that goes with why people well school. it's people do well at school. it's not the quality of the not just the quality of the teacher, the investment teacher, it's the investment of the parents. are students the parents. there are students who really well and deserve who do really well and deserve those a's, they'll so those a's, and they'll be so some maybe not some students wh

i mean, the gillian keegan was actually there was a letter in the we've got to bring it the times.e grade inflation was horrendous. and a—levels have the last have devalued over the last couple years. but from i couple of years. but from what i see, there's going to be 100,000 less star grades tomorrow. 100,000, and it will bring things back into perspective. >> the problem is, is that there are very small kids. yeah, okay. it's an easy cliche to say. the independent schools, they they do. well, yes, they may have more support from them. there's a whole holistic sort of social picture that goes with why people school. it's people do well at school. it's not the quality of the not just the quality of the teacher, the investment teacher, it's the investment of the parents. there students the parents. there are students who really well and deserve who do really well and deserve those a's, and they'll so those a's, and they'll be so some maybe not some students who maybe not another very simple thing, patrick, ring the pm patrick, you need to ring the pm after because i'm giving patric

okay we have to leave it there. >> gillian keegan, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you.in on standby with the forecast. let's have a look. i think it's going to be a good day today. >> another cracking day. >> another cracking day. >> looks like things are heating up. , proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. another pretty warm one in the south. once the morning mist and low cloud has cleared away further is more further north there is more cloud yesterday we're further north there is more cloud to yesterday we're further north there is more cloud to see esterday we're further north there is more cloud to see aterday we're further north there is more cloud to see a feway we're further north there is more cloud to see a few more we're further north there is more cloud to see a few more showers going to see a few more showers as well. parts of northern england, north wales and central and southern scotland and certainl

and this gillian keegan. she's the education secretary. she's bemoaning.if that's the right word. she's bemoaning the fact that people that students aren't going to school. and last year, 28% of the took least the students took at least a month off and she's saying, you know, please , please come back know, please, please come back to school. and she said, this is a funny thing . she said, i would a funny thing. she said, i would actually she says, i wouldn't actually she says, i wouldn't actually describe it as true . actually describe it as true. and see, i think what's happened is with attendance is that a lot of young people have lost their confidence . the fact is they confidence. the fact is they lost their confidence in the educational system in this country it's been 100% country because it's been 100% iv country because it's been 100% ly thing in america , 100% ly same thing in america, 100% lies for the last three years. and they say, why do we have to go to state schools, which i mean schools that are owned by the state that are just going to li

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yes so gillian keegan, who's writing for on sunday, is for the times on sunday, is basically saying kids to brace themselves because are going because those grades are going to and we're talking to plunge. and we're talking here, there's going to be, they reckon, fewer star and reckon, 75,000 fewer a star and a grades this year than there were year . and a grades this year than there were year. and that 1 in 5 were last year. and that 1 in 5 teenagers aren't going to get their first choice. university so, you know, people to so, you know, people have to understand during understand that during the pandemic, although they pandemic, they although they were out on education, were losing out on education, they easy when it they kind of had it easy when it came grading, didn't they kind of had it easy when it came even grading, didn't they kind of had it easy when it came even before ng, didn't they kind of had it easy when it came even before the didn't they kind of had it easy when it came even before the pandemic , they, even before the pandemic, we've gradual trend of we've had this gradu