Labour should make lowering the voting age to 16 part of its manifesto for the next general election, shadow children’s minister Lisa Nandy has told the Guardian. Nandy said the move would “show respect” for the next generation, and encourage voting habits earlier in life.
School governors should monitor the performance of individual teachers, according to the government’s response to an education select committee report, the BBC says. The response has been welcomed by select committee chair Graham Stuart, who said the change would stop head teachers being the “sole arbiter” of performance in schools.
Young people from deprived areas are living on a “dangerous” diet of energy drinks and cigarettes, according to a survey by youth charity Rathbone. Researchers questionned 500 young people from deprived areas of Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester. More than half said they didn’t eat breakfast. Nearly 60 per cent smoked and a quarter weren’t guaranteed a home cooked meal each day.
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