ASCL responds to PAC report on academy trust finances (re-sent with embargo)
Commenting on the report of the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) on the finances of academy trusts, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Friday, 25 March 2022 00:01
Free school meals: One million more school children could be fed if sign-up process eased, councils urge - LGA
More than a million additional school children could receive free school meals and be entitled to extra support funding if the sign-up process for the scheme was simplified and extended to more families, councils say today...
Friday, 25 March 2022 00:01
NEU comments on Public Accounts Committee report on Academies
Commenting on Academies Sector Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, published by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 25 March 2022 00:01
NEU comments on LGA call on free school meals
Commenting on the Local Government Association’s call for automatic enrolment of Free School Meals and an expansion of eligibility, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 25 March 2022 00:01
More must be done to ensure those with a learning disability, autism and mental ill health get the care they need
Responding to Care Quality Commission’s progress report on care for people with a learning disability, autistic people and people with mental ill health, the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery said...
Friday, 25 March 2022 00:01
Tenfold expansion in chargepoints by 2030 as Government drives EV revolution
The UK’s charging network has been given a huge boost today as Government unveils plans to support the UK market to reach 300,000 public EV chargepoints by 2030...
Thursday, 24 March 2022 22:30
Tenfold expansion in chargepoints by 2030 as Government drives EV revolution – AA comments
Commenting on the publication of the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy* from the Department for Transport today...
Thursday, 24 March 2022 22:30
Committee calls for clarity on plans for new joint committee to scrutinise Online Safety Bill powers
The DCMS Committee has welcomed Government action on proposals put forward in its report on the draft Online Safety Bill but called for clarity on whether there are plans...
Thursday, 24 March 2022 17:50
Over half of pregnant women have now had one or more doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Latest UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data shows that 53.7% of pregnant women in England have been vaccinated with at least one dose...
Thursday, 24 March 2022 17:26
Coronavirus Act reports (update)
Two-monthly and yearly reports on which powers in the Coronavirus Act 2020 are currently active...
Thursday, 24 March 2022 16:30