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Oral answer (Lords) on Trade Talks with India, Greenland and Israel - Mar 9

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town asked the Government, further to the opening of trade talks with the governments of India, Greenland, and Israel, what steps they intend to take to support parliamentary scrutiny of the negotiating objectives...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 07:38

Oral answer (Lords) on Green Skills - Mar 9

Baroness Hayman asked the Government what consideration they have given to introducing a national green skills strategy to ensure that the workforce has the necessary skills to meet the United Kingdom’s net zero emissions commitments...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 07:36

Early sight of oral questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on March 15

Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside): What recent assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on living standards...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 07:26

Careers education remains patchy despite recent improvements, says new Sutton Trust research

More than a third of (36%) of secondary school pupils don’t feel confident in taking their next steps in education and training...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

IFS: Heightened uncertainty and the spectre of inflation hang over the Spring Statement

The Chancellor’s Spring Statement, due on 23 March, was not supposed to be a major fiscal event...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

ASCL comment on Sutton Trust research into careers education and guidance in schools

Commenting on research by the Sutton Trust revealing that more than a third of secondary school pupils do not feel confident in taking their next steps in education and training...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

NEU comments on IFS analysis in advance of the Spring Statement

Commenting on a new Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) analysis published ahead of the Spring Statement on 23 March, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

LGA responds to Sutton Trust report on need for new careers education strategy

Responding to a Sutton Trust report calling for a new national strategy for careers education...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

Rachel Reeves responds to IFS analysis showing inflation will wipe out increases to public spending

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, responding to new IFS analysis which shows higher inflation will wipe out at least a quarter of the real terms increases to public service spending announced back in October, said...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01

PM drives up regional investment with 30-year strategy to secure shipbuilding future

The Prime Minister will visit a Merseyside dockyard today [THU] as he announces a £4 billion injection into the UK’s regional shipbuilding industry to create tens of thousands of high-quality jobs...

Thursday, 10 March 2022 00:01