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Richard Adams is the Guardian’s education editor.

Lucy Powell, the education secretary for England, has defended her plans to add vocational courses to the subjects available for pupils taking GCSEs, saying that schools could choose to offer the new courses based on local interest.

What I imagine is that some schools will offer some of these subjects where their local labour market demands, and this is where our mayors and our local leaders are really helping to shape that in their area.

So I wouldn’t expect a school to offer all of these, as they don’t offer all GCSEs at the moment. They will specialise in particular areas.

If you’re trying to do engineering or construction, for example, you know that involves a lot of problem solving, a lot of maths, a lot of thinking, as well as the hands-on skills that’s required.

So it’s not dumbing down, it’s the opposite of that, actually, because this is about raising the standards and the rigour and regulating these qualifications.

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is aiming to have a 21,000-strong magistracy by 2029, with the number having fallen to 12,500 in 2022.

Magistrates embody the very best of public service. They give their time, experience and judgment to make vital decisions that help ensure justice is delivered fairly in communities across the country.

I’m calling on the public to play their part – we need more people from all walks of life to step forward and become their local magistrate.

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