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“I’m not going to make requests on parents around bedtime… but please let’s try and get our kids in on the Monday too” Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson tackles England’s bedtime dilemma: Should children stay up to watch Sunday's World Cup tie with Mexico? #Newsnight

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