“Populists are able to come in and whisper false promises in the ears of vulnerable people.” Former SNP Deputy Westminster Leader Mhairi Black says the UK could face a right-wing rebellion in the future if public services are “on their knees”.

Who now?

Just waking up? Here's a quick recap of the gonners... Lewis Goodall | #GeneralElections2024

Our research team has spent the day crunching the results to make the most accurate possible model of how the 2024 parliament would have looked with a proportional voting system. electoral-reform.org.uk/how-the-2024-e…

The Tánaiste spoke this evening with new UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy. Read his full statement after their conversation here:

One of the most ill-conceived, wasteful, stupid policies in British history is finally killed. Well done to everyone involved in fighting off this absurdity over the last two years.

They’ve put Jacqui Smith as the DfE’s Minister from the Lords. She was a business and economics teacher in the 80s & 90s, before becoming an MP in 1997, & the first female Home Secretary in the 00s. A heavyweight CV!

“I will say to Keir… commit early to the Northern Powerhouse” Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham says the government should back his plan for how to build a new Manchester-Liverpool railway and that he wants to work with them to build more homes #BBCLauraK bbc.in/4cQ1qWD

My timeline has improved immeasurably in the past 48 hours.

With the previous government putting knowledge at the centre of education policy over the past decade, some important areas of learning were neglected, writes @DamsonEd tes.com/magazine/teach…

Children’s daily sugar consumption halved just a year after tax, study finds theguardian.com/society/articl…

If Labour wants to deliver on its promise to raise the status of teaching, then Sam Twiselton OBE says it needs to engage in these two key areas tes.com/magazine/analy…

My whole TL is dominated by the excellent Bridget Phillipson and her work this week. But they’ve been doing other excellent things too.

I think we’ve found the summer holiday FIGHT

Next Sunday the All-Ireland hurling final will be on the BBC for the first time. It’s Cork vs Clare, a cracker of match in front of 82,400 screaming fans at Croke Park, for the highlight of the Irish sporting year. If you’ve never seen Hurling, here is a quick explainer…

A teacher from Blakesley Hall Primary got in touch yesterday, to let me know the brilliant Heather Phillips was retiring after 17 years as the head. So I popped in to thank her for all the lives in Yardley she touched. Teachers matter!

This is the perfect metaphor for an entire year of teaching x.com/EuroAthletics/…

So good! Sam Twiselton OBE Michael Jones open.spotify.com/episode/3F104G…

The link between SLCN and behaviour is well established. Sanctions, suspensions and exclusions are futile if we don’t support basic communication needs. ‘Solutions: The seven signs of SLCN - and how to support them’ - in ⁦Schools Week⁩. schoolsweek.co.uk/seven-signs-of…

The government has accepted the independent pay body’s recommendations on teacher pay for 2024-25, offering a fully funded 5.5% rise tes.com/magazine/news/…