“Our education system is not working for boys,” the report warns. “From the day they start primary school, to the day they leave higher education, the progress of boys lags behind girls.” One of Sir Keir Starmer’s government “milestones” is to ensure that 75 per cent of reception-age children are ready for school. The figure is currently 67 per cent, but this conceals a huge gender gap: 75 per cent of girls are school-ready, compared with just 60 per cent of boys.

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Suicide is the biggest cause of death among young men. “Between the ages of 15 and 19, for every girl that took their own life, almost three and a half boys did likewise,” the report notes. “A man in the East Midlands is six times more likely to take [his] own life than a woman in London.”