Kent County Council has written to Education Secretary Michael Gove raising concerns about local academies refusing to take in more pupils, the Kent Messenger reports. The council told Gove that they are struggling to provide enough school places for local children becuase academies are choosing not to expand.
The number of homeless young people in Burnley has increased by 60 per cent in just 12 months, the Lancashire Telegraph reports. The paper says that rising youth unemployment and an increase in the number of parents who cannot afford to let children live rent-free at home after finishing school is to blame for the growing problem.
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