1.51pm EDT 13:51. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.The government has u-turned on its decision to award grades to A-level and GCSE students based on an algorithm which downgraded pupils from underperforming schools - instead allowing predicted grades allocated by teachers to stand.Education secretary Gavin Williamson apologised to students and parents affected by "significant inconsistencies" with the grading process, adding "I am sorry for the distress this has caused young people and their parents but hope this announcement will now provide the certainty and reassurance they deserve"'It comes after Northern Ireland’s executive said GCSE students’ grades would be decided using teachers’ assessments, while the Welsh government said both GCSE and A-level students will have grades decided by their teachers.Ministers are being urged to consider postponing the publication of GCSE results this week as Gavin Williamson faces pressure to abandon the heavily-criticised A-level grading system.It comes as discontent grows in Tory ranks at the exam regulator, with the chair of the education select committee Robert Halfon hitting out at the “unacceptable” decision to drop guidance for appeals – just hours after it was published at the weekend.The fiasco over A-levels could escalate further on Thursday as millions of teenagers receive their GCSE grades. “I will fight to consign these unfair tariffs to the bin of history”, she said – while accusing the EU of failing to protect British and Scottish interests.The US government said last week it would maintain 15 per cent tariffs on Airbus aircraft and 25 per cent tariffs on other European goods as part of a long-running trade dispute, although it held off adding some extra tariffs as it had threatened.Truss said she would step up demands for the US to drop tariffs on goods such as single malt Scotch whisky after the industry warned a decision by Washington to retain the levy was putting its future at risk.“US tariffs on Scotch whisky are unacceptable and unfair. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed The PM said being in school is an "irreplaceable" and "invaluable" experience for kidsBoris said the biggest threat to kids was being out of school - not coronavirusThe PM was visiting a school in Leicestershire todayPM says masks inside classrooms would be 'nonsensical' as kids can't learn "The risk to your health is not from Covid - because after all statistically speaking, your chances of suffering from that disease are very, very low. Air bridge announcement imminent BORIS JOHNSON is expected to make a speech about the UK's deal with other nations on so-called ‘air bridges', which would allow … I cannot be clearer about that,” she wrote in Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. Boris Johnson is expected to address the current lockdown in a speech on Sunday night, with the BBC changing the schedule to make room for the announcement. Netflix Thanks! By entering your details, you are agreeing to Radio Times Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. Police were previously “in the dark” about Boris Johnson’s announcement of the UK-wide lockdown on 23 March, and have repeatedly been … These include:A £12bn affordable homes programme that will support up to 180,000 new affordable homes for ownership and rent over the next 8 years, confirmed today.Included in the affordable homes programme will be a 1,500 unit pilot of ‘First Homes’: houses that will be sold to first time buyers at a 30% discount which will remain in perpetuity, keeping them affordable for generations of families to own.Funds from the £400m Brownfield Land Fund have today been allocated to the West Midlands, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Liverpool City Region, Sheffield City Region, and North of Tyne and Tees Valley to support around 24,000 homes.The Home Building Fund to help smaller developers access finance for new housing developments will receive additional £450m boost.

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