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Richard Vaughan is political and education correspondent at the i newspaper and inews.co.uk. He has previously covered education and policy at the Times Educational Supplement. Twitter: @richardvaughan1

Article thumbnail: PA REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2023 File photo dated 14/04/23 - NHS junior doctors take part in a march and rally in the centre of Birmingham, on the final day of the British Medical Association's 96-hour walkout in a dispute over pay. Issue date: Thursday December 21, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SOCIAL Review2023 Pictures. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire
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Article thumbnail: New build houses on the City Fields development under construction in Wakefield, UK, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. UK house prices posted their first annual decline since 2012, according to the lender Halifax, with the pressure on borrowers increasing after a renewed surge in mortgage rates. Photographer: Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: New build houses on the City Fields development under construction in Wakefield, UK, on Thursday, June 8, 2023. UK house prices posted their first annual decline since 2012, according to the lender Halifax, with the pressure on borrowers increasing after a renewed surge in mortgage rates. Photographer: Dominic Lipinski/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Article thumbnail: (FILES) An interforce officer and border force officers help a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on August 16, 2023, after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on December 12, 2023 sought to avoid a humiliating defeat for his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda that have split his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is Sunak's answer to a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last month that deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda was illegal in international law. Interior minister James Cleverly admitted the plans were "novel" and "pushing at the edge of the envelope" but addressed the court's concerns. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: (FILES) An interforce officer and border force officers help a woman on the beach at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England, on August 16, 2023, after she disembarked from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat after being picked up at sea with other migrants while attempting to cross the English Channel from France. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on December 12, 2023 sought to avoid a humiliating defeat for his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda that have split his ruling Conservative party. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is Sunak's answer to a unanimous Supreme Court ruling last month that deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda was illegal in international law. Interior minister James Cleverly admitted the plans were "novel" and "pushing at the edge of the envelope" but addressed the court's concerns. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: MP's gather in the House of Commons, London, ahead of the second reading vote of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is struggling to reconcile Tory MPs' competing demands over his Rwanda plan. Would-be rebels have warned that major surgery is still required to fix the flagship asylum legislation. Picture date: Picture date: Tuesday December 12, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Rwanda. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: MP's gather in the House of Commons, London, ahead of the second reading vote of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, is struggling to reconcile Tory MPs' competing demands over his Rwanda plan. Would-be rebels have warned that major surgery is still required to fix the flagship asylum legislation. Picture date: Picture date: Tuesday December 12, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Rwanda. Photo credit should read: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Britain's Minister for Climate Graham Stuart, center, walks near demonstrators as he arrives for a session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Article thumbnail: Britain's Minister for Climate Graham Stuart, center, walks near demonstrators as he arrives for a session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)