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Episode 344 · Stockport · education

Elijah

Elijah, 28, from Stockport in the North West, wanted to become a teacher in a region crying out for educators. But when he looked into teacher training, he found the Department for Education had slashed bursaries for critical shortage subjects, following Treasury spending rules that treat the government like a household budget. The classrooms were there, qualified graduates were ready …

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Blocked Britain is independent data journalism. Every episode is built from official statistics: ONS deprivation data, NOMIS labour market records, Charity Commission filings, and 360Giving grant data. Every character is fictional. Every situation they describe is statistically accurate. No political affiliation. No named authors. Just the data.

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