Commons debates on Climate Change and Cop26 - Oct 21
There were debates on aspects of climate change and COP26 in both the Commons and Westminster Hall yesterday. Neither resulted in votes....
Friday, 22 October 2021 06:51
National Audit Office report on Reducing the backlog in criminal courts
The backlog of cases in the criminal courts is likely to be a pervasive issue for several years, severely affecting victims, witnesses and defendants, according to a report by the National Audit Office...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
Deprived local areas and schools ‘hit hardest’ by DfE policies, say MPs
A PAC report today says the Department for Education (DfE) “failed to take enough account of the impact of its decisions on individual schools and their pupils” when it announced changes to the school funding system...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
NEU comments on Public Accounts Committee report on School Funding
Commenting on a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report which highlights areas of the country ‘hit hardest’ by the Department for Education’s changes to school funding, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
New plan to recruit more Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic teachers in Wales
The Welsh Government has today announced its intention to introduce financial incentives to help recruit more ethnic minority teachers....
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
RSA: People with multiple long-term conditions £4,340 worse off — and among worst hit by Universal Credit cut
Almost two-thirds of people living with multiple long-term conditions are unable to save money at the end of each month, a new report finds...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
TPA: Council energy firms lose £114 million
With the current crisis seeing yet more energy firms close, research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance reveals that eight council-owned energy companies lost a total of £114,022,019 over four years...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
New Sutton Trust research into further education
Disadvantaged students in FEC's are more likely to progress to HE than their disadvantaged peers in similar sixth forms...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
Foreign Secretary travels to India to strengthen economic and tech ties
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will today (Friday 22ndOctober) announce a series of tech and infrastructure tie-ups with India to boost both economies and help developing countries grow in a clean and sustainable way...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01
ASCL comment on Public Accounts Committee report into school funding
Commenting on the Public Accounts Committee report into school funding, which says deprived local areas and schools have been hit hardest by Department for Education funding policies...
Friday, 22 October 2021 00:01