Bridget Phillipson says failing schools could still be forced to be academies despite end of Ofsted single-word ratings – UK politics live

Single-word Ofsted judgments for state schools scrapped and replaced by report cards aimed at improving standards

Yesterday Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, said she would review “surge pricing” that allows websites to inflate prices for shows where demand is very high. She said she would act after people queuing for Oasis tickets online found prices soaring while they were waiting in the queue. Harry Taylor has the details.

In an article in the Sunday Times yesterday Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said she wanted to reduce persistent absences from schools. She mentioned parents taking children out of school so they can go away when holidays and flights are cheaper, although that was not the main focus of her argument, and on the Today programme Mishal Husain, the presenter, pointed out that cheaper term-time flights are also a consequence of a version of dynamic pricing. She asked if the government was planning to review this too.

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