25,000 people to be helped into work as government ramps up roll-out of flagship Universal Support scheme
Backed by £53 million in funding, the new scheme will provide personalised help to people facing complex barriers to work across England and Wales as part of the Government’s plan...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:23
£45.7 million for businesses to cut emissions and boost home-grown energy
The UK’s largest malting site, a leading supplier of household paper and an innovative green fuel producer in Belfast are among those receiving a share of nearly £46 million to use cleaner, home-grown energy...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:20
Government delivers over one billion pounds of support to over 100,000 small firms
A government-backed loan scheme created to help entrepreneurs start and scale up their business has now provided over £1 billion of funding to over 100,000 businesses...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:17
Nearly half of schools in England report in-year deficit in new cost-of-living survey, says NFER report
Almost half of primary schools and special schools (at 49 and 48 per cent) and two-fifths of secondary schools (at 41 per cent) in England had or were expecting an in-year deficit in 2022/23, according to a new report...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Whitehall staffing cuts add to digital skills shortages and risk increased costs, say MPs
Digital skills shortages in the civil service are likely to see increased risks and costs to Government...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
National Audit Office report published on Defence Inventory Management
Delivery to the frontline is still being put at risk by longstanding weaknesses in inventory management, despite the Ministry of Defence (MoD) taking steps to improve, according to a new National Audit Office (NAO) report...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
ASCL comment on NFER report on schools with in-year deficits
Responding to a report from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), which found that almost half of primary schools and special schools and two-fifths of secondary schools in England had or were expecting an in-year deficit in 2022/23...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Office for Students underperforming amid looming crisis in higher education, says Lords Committee
A new House of Lords report published today (Wednesday 13 September), warns that the Office for Students (OfS) and Government are failing to act on the looming financial crisis facing the higher education sector...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
RAC: Road treatment and resurfacing falls to lowest level in five years
The number of miles of road in England resurfaced or given life-extending treatment is at its lowest point in five years, RAC analysis of government data* has revealed...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01
Government on notice to respond to inflation impact on schools says NAHT
Responding to the findings of a new schools cost of living survey by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) which found that many are worried about the impact of rising costs on budgets, Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said...
Wednesday, 13 September 2023 00:01