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Efforts to tackle lost learning could be undermined by end to tutoring subsidy - NAHT responds to National Audit Office report

Responding to the new National Audit Office report on post-pandemic education recovery in schools, Paul Whiteman, general secretary at school leaders’ union NAHT, said...

Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:01

Trade talks and training troops top of the agenda at annual UK-Australia summit

The fields of Salisbury Plain and historic dockyards of Portsmouth will be the backdrop to significant talks between the UK and Australia’s defence and foreign ministers...

Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:01

ASCL comment on NAO report on education recovery in schools in England

Responding to the National Audit Office’s report on education recovery in schools in England, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...

Wednesday, 1 February 2023 00:01

UK ready to boost CPTPP’s economic clout, says Trade Minister on Asia-Pacific visit

Trade Minister Greg Hands arrives in Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore on Wednesday [1 Feb] for high level trade talks on how the UK joining CPTPP will boost the economic clout of the world’s most dynamic trade bloc...

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 22:30

Police grants in England and Wales: 2023 to 2024

Final allocations of grants to police and crime commissioners in England and Wales for 2023 to 2024....

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 16:06

Response to the report on the terrorism acts in 2020

The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2020...

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:49

Written statement on Police Funding Settlement 2023-24 - Jan 31

Minister for Policing (Chris Philp): My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before the House the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2023-24...

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:05

NHS to offer licensed cannabis-based medicine to treat rare genetic condition

The NHS will be able to prescribe cannabidiol to patients with a rare, seizure-causing genetic disorder in England from today (Tuesday) after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued final guidance recommending its use...

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 15:02

Violent offences reduced in areas with multi-agency partnerships

An estimated 136,000 violent offences have been prevented in areas of England and Wales delivering government-funded programmes to reduce serious violence...

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 14:16

Greenpeace climate justice activists board and occupy Shell platform en route to major North Sea oilfield with message: ‘STOP DRILLING. START PAYING.’

Greenpeace activists from climate-hit countries, including the UK, have boarded a Shell-contracted ship in the Atlantic Ocean with a banner bearing the message: “Stop Drilling. Start Paying”

Tuesday, 31 January 2023 13:02