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Danny Dyer credits Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his ‘working-class roots’

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‘He never wanted me to change’: Danny Dyer credits late playwright Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his ‘working-class roots’ By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 22 September 2020 | Updated: 15:46 BST, 22 September 2020 Danny Dyer has credited late playwright Harold Pinter for helping him stay proud of his … Read more

White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils MPs warned

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White working-class children are UK’s most deprived pupils – and they’ll be hardest hit by Covid fallout too, researchers warn MPs Research was submitted to the Committee Education Select Committee Children eligible for free school meals half as likely to do well in GCSEs as poor people from ethnic backgrounds One Oxford University don said … Read more

DAN HODGES: For new working-class voters, getting schools back is now as vital as Brexit

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Former JCB driver Billy Brown feels Boris has let him down. ‘I thought I was voting for someone with balls,’ he tells me caustically.  Billy voted Tory for the first time last December. But he thinks the Covid crisis has seen the Prime Minister lose his way. ‘Boris should have sacked that Cummings fella. Everyone … Read more