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Children's services at nine local authorities are performing poorly, Ofsted says, but 10 are given an "excellent" rating.

Some state schools in England are trying to steal the best pupils in breaches of the admissions code, a report suggests.

Student leaders say that "heads must roll" after a report into loan delays has found "conspicuous failures".

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