Eleanor Harding

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Eleanor Harding

Childline is reporting a rise in the number of callers with ‘anger issues’ amid ‘growing emotional challenges’ among youngsters today. The charity said it provided 2,895 counselling sessions for children with anger in 2024/25, a six per cent increase on the previous year. Anger issues ranked among the top ten mental health concerns reported by children contacting the service – among boys it was sixth and among girls it was tenth.

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Eleanor Harding

Britain's largest teaching union has voted to campaign against the Supreme Court ruling on gender, insisting trans women in schools must be allowed to use ladies’ toilets. The Left-wing National Education Union (NEU) resolved on Saturday to advocate for trans teachers to continue to choose toilets according to ‘gender identity’. The judgement, which states a woman is defined by biological sex, effectively means a male-born trans person can be excluded from female-only spaces.

5 days ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Eleanor Harding

A top private school is offering ‘healthy masculinity’ workshops for parents to help them combat toxic online influencers such as Andrew Tate. The Royal Hospital School (RHS) in Suffolk is running 90 minute sessions to help families talk to their sons about resisting dark messages from the web. Irfan Latif, headmaster of the 300-year-old institution, said private schools have a ‘responsibility’ to counter misogynistic narratives.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Eleanor Harding

More pupils should learn army-style discipline through school-based cadet schemes, a think thank has urged. The New Britain Project (TNBP) is calling for the number of schools offering the programme to double from 268 to 500 by 2029. Research shows Combined Cadet Force (CFF) units in schools can reinforce ‘discipline’ and ‘standards of behaviour’. In addition, cadet participants have better attendance, aspiration, resilience and a greater sense of belonging.

1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Eleanor Harding

A Remainer poster girl who sparked outrage by trying to stop Brexit is making a bid to become Cambridge University’s next Chancellor. Gina Miller, the controversial campaigner, has put herself forward for election to the historic role, saying she would use it to ‘promote ethical leadership’. Mrs Miller, 59, became a divisive figure over her 2017 campaign against then Prime Minister Theresa Maytriggering Article 50 – the legal mechanism taking the UK out of the EU - without Parliamentary approval.