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Treasury Committee publishes Government response to Budget report

The Government will launch a review into the leaking of information on the National Living Wage increase, the Treasury Committee reveals today...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

BRC: Retail prices still rising

Shop Price annual inflation accelerated to 1.8% in February, up from 1.5% in January...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

Post-16 qualifications boosted to help more people to progress

Thousands of qualifications are set to be transformed so that more people can gain the skills employers need and progress into work...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

Over half a million trees set to be planted in our towns, cities and countryside

Hundreds of thousands of trees are set to be planted in communities across England as applications for the Local Authority Treescapes Fund and the Urban Tree Challenge Fund reopen today...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

New OfS conditions to raise quality bar and tackle grade inflation  

New conditions from the Office for Students (OfS) that allow the regulator to tackle poor quality provision have been confirmed today...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

NEU comments on UCL research on grammar teaching

Commenting on new research from UCL on the extent to which teaching grammar supports pupils who are learning to write, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

Government statement in response to the OfS press notice on new conditions

A Department for Education spokesperson said...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

£260 million to boost UK healthcare research and medical manufacturing

Patients across the country are set to benefit from cutting edge medical advances and treatments as the government invests £260 million today to support research and development, as well as the manufacturing of new drugs, devices and diagnostics...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

NEU comments on Post-16 Consultation 

Commenting on a consultation about plans to reform post-16 qualifications, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Wednesday, 2 March 2022 00:01

Ukraine: $1.7 billion appeal launched to help refugee exodus, host countries

Rockets have been “raining down” on Ukraine’s cities and hundreds of people have been killed or injured since the Russian military offensive began, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday...

Tuesday, 1 March 2022 19:07