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Judicial Review and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 9

Judicial Review and Courts Bill: Amendments tabled for committee stage in the Lords as at Feb 9...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 07:08

Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill Committee membership

The following MPs have been selected to serve on the committee considering the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 06:30

EPI report reveals “decade of failure” to improve outcomes of GCSE pupils in poverty, while disadvantage gap widens for college and sixth form students

A major report from the Education Policy Institute (EPI), funded by the Nuffield Foundation, concludes that the government has failed to improve the relative outcomes of students in long-term poverty after a decade of policy interventions...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

National Audit Office report on Investigation into the implementation of IR35 tax reforms

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) learned key lessons from the initial roll-out of IR35 tax reforms in the public sector, but faces new and challenging risks in implementing the regime more widely, according to the National Audit Office...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

Student drug use: reducing harm and tackling supply - New taskforce to help universities understand and address drug-use

Universities UK (UUK) has today announced new work, in partnership with Unite Students, GuildHE and Independent HE...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

The financial skills of disadvantaged children are ‘years behind’ their more advantaged peers, says new report from UCL

The financial skills of 15-year-olds from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds are similar to 11-year-olds from the most advantaged backgrounds, shows a new report by UCL researchers...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

EPI Report: Tories failed disadvantaged children for sixth year in a row, say Lib Dems

A new report from the Education Policy Institute released today has shown that no progress has been made on narrowing the disadvantage gap for GCSE students since 2015... 

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

RAC: 2020 saw jump in number of provisional licence holders caught without insurance

The number of provisional driving licence holders caught behind the wheel without insurance jumped by 16% to 14,618 in 2020...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

IFS: Government uses high inflation as cover for hitting students, graduates and universities

The government is quietly tightening the financial screws on students, graduates and universities...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01

NAHT comments on EPI report into disadvantage gap at GCSE and sixth-form

Commenting on a new report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) , funded by the Nuffield Foundation, which examines the disadvantage gap in education...

Thursday, 10 February 2022 00:01