A company is to be paid to wake teenagers up in the morning as part of a scheme to get them into work, the BBC reports. Announcing details of how the Youth Contract will help 16- and 17-year-olds not in education, employment or training, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said orgnaisations need to use "creative" methods to get young people back on their feet.
A Labour government could legislate so that private schools not serving the community lose their charitable status, the shadow children’s minister Stephen Twigg has said. In an interview with The Guardian, he said private schools should sponsor academies or collaborate with local state schools. He added that private schools are currently "a major barrier” to social mobility.
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