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Media Round-Up, 13 May 2011 13/05/11 |
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Child poverty hits lowest point in a generation
Financial Times, p4 Child poverty fell to its lowest level in the last year of Gordon Brown’s government, but inequality remains high and household income growth continues to be weak. | |||||||||
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Measures look to needs of less able pupils
Financial Times, p4 New education league tables are set to be introduced in an attempt to tackle concerns that the current system fails to encourage investment in pupils that are less academically successful. | |||||||||
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2011: Google signs up to solar
The Independent, p15 Google has invested $170m into the world’s largest solar-powered tower plant in the Mojave Dessert, Southern California | |||||||||
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Sun job events have boosted our economy
The Sun, p10 Chancellor George Osborne comments on the recent Sunemployment road shows – a series of nationwide events to connect unemployed jobseekers with 70,000 jobs from leading employers such as John Lewis, Waitrose, British Gas and Superdrug. | |||||||||
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