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Multiplying maths skills for adults: Everyone can do maths

Adults looking to improve their numeracy skills are set to benefit from a £270 million investment in new courses, helping to level up opportunities for more people to progress...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 13:25

NEU Survey on State of Education: Assessment 

In the latest annual survey of 1,788 National Education Union members, conducted ahead of Annual Conference in Bournemouth, we asked about nationally set assessments...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 13:20

Communities across UK handed control of £2.6 billion levelling up funding

Communities across the United Kingdom will benefit from £2.6 billion of funding being allocated today to help spread opportunity and level up the country...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 11:14

Innovative new projects to tackle reoffending and protect the public revealed

Today, the Government has confirmed it will support a further 11 projects through the Prison Leavers Project - a £20 million cross-government initiative helping offenders move on...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 11:12

NEU survey on State of Education: Poverty 

The latest annual survey of 1,788 National Education Union members, conducted ahead of Annual Conference in Bournemouth, shows the strength of feeling...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 11:07

Health experts share priorities for Women's Health Strategy

Health experts have called for a greater focus on care for older women and improved support services for people experiencing pregnancy loss to help shape the government’s first-ever Women’s Health Strategy...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 10:24

Government awards nearly £2 million to innovative transport proposals

Entrepreneurs and innovators pioneering new ways of creating a more efficient transport system are being backed by government funding announced today...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 10:18

Senedd Committees critical of the Welsh Government’s approach to tax

Two Senedd committees have criticised the Welsh Government’s approach to new tax legislation that it is pushing through the Welsh Parliament...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 10:14

‘Lack of collective knowledge’ on needs of children in care, says Ofsted study

There is a ‘lack of collective knowledge’ around the needs of children in care, according to a study by Ofsted, published today...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 09:38

Harsher sentences introduced for ‘spiking’ drugs

GHB, a drug that is used to spike drinks, has been reclassified as a Class B drug today along with two related substances, GBL and 1,4-BD, meaning that those found in possession...

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 09:32