
Kate McGough
Senior Journalist and News Producer at BBC
📺 🎥📻👩🏻💻 BBC News senior journalist / producer covering all things education (formerly of @bbcbusiness @bbcbreakfast)
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Kate McGough
'I've applied for hundreds of jobs': One in eight youths not in work or educationKate McGoughBBC / Kate McGoughLibby, 20, says she is trying to find a job but cannot get one"I've applied for factories, care work, hospital work - anything to just get a job to support me and my son," says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she's sent hundreds of job applications to employers in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, with no success.
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2 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Kate McGough |Elaine Dunkley
Image source, BBC / Kate McGoughImage caption, Libby, 20, says she has applied for hundreds of roles without success"I've applied for factories, care work, hospital work - anything to just get a job to support me and my son," says 20-year-old mum Libby. She says she's sent hundreds of job applications to employers in Grimsby, with no success. "I've walked around the shops, gone into businesses giving out my CV," she tells the BBC.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Vanessa Clarke |Kate McGough
Fees have risen more than government predicted, private schools sayVanessa Clarke and Kate McGoughPhil LeakeGetty ImagesThe average cost of a place at a private school has increased by 22.6% in the last year – more than government estimates – after the introduction of VAT on fees, the body representing most UK independent schools says.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Vanessa Clarke |Kate McGough |Phil Leake
Image source, Getty ImagesVanessa Clarke and Kate McGoughThe average cost of a place at a private school has increased by 22.6% in the last year – more than government estimates – after the introduction of VAT on fees, the body representing most UK independent schools says. The Independent Schools Council (ISC) says it expects a reduction in pupils applying for private school as a result but that it is too soon to know the full effects of the policy, which was introduced mid-year.
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1 month ago |
bbc.co.uk | Kate McGough |Elaine Dunkley
Image source, Kate McGough / BBCPlanned changes to school uniform policy will affect over four million pupils across England, according to new estimates from the Department for Education (DfE). The government says seven in 10 secondary schools and 35% of primary schools in England will have to reduce the number of compulsory branded items to three, plus a branded tie for secondary students.
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