Faith schools were accused yesterday of forscing parents to pay for places at the best state primaries and secondaries.

The private equity owners of Gala Coral, Britains largest provately owned company, have agreed with its creditors to inject £125m into the troubled business. It is the bigegst UK leveraged buyout so far this year to suffer financial stress.

Companies and charities under contract to solve the seemingly intractable problem of workless teenagers are losing lucrative deals to teams run by local authorities and governmentfinanced organisations, even in cases where the authorities' youth services have been condemned as "inadequate" by Ofsted, the education regulator.

Britons are living longer, are better qualified and richer than they were 20 years ago but the gap between the very richest and poorest has widened, according to a report by Karen Dunnell, the national statistician.

The greatest achievement of the 2012 London Olympics could be to boost the number of female builders, according to the minister responsible.

The finance and banking sectors in particular face many challenges in finding, developing and retaining talent.
This has become a major concern for industry leaders and managers

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