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Extract from PMQs: Holocaust Memorial Day - Jan 20

Nicola Richards [V]: Next week, we mark Holocaust Memorial Day, remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:14

Greens condemn government failure to ensure free movement for musicians after Brexit

The Green Party has backed a letter from leading musicians calling on the government to ensure musicians’ continued ability to travel paperwork-free while they tour the EU in the post-Brexit era...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:02

Changes to qualifications confirmed by Education Minister Kirsty Williams following further disruption to learning

Learners in Wales studying for Qualifications Wales approved GCSE, AS and A levels this year will receive grades determined by their school or college, based on work they have completed over their course...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 15:01

Managing the pandemic in prisons

The quick and decisive action taken since the beginning of the pandemic has helped to limit the spread of the virus in prisons...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 14:59

Williamson to launch Skills White Paper in statement to MPs

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will make a statement to MPs tomorrow morning on the publication of the Government's White Paper "Skills for Jobs"...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 14:52

Courts must close due to Covid safety fears, says justice union

All courts across England and Wales must temporally close to protect staff from escalating coronavirus cases, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 14:06

NEU Launch Remote Education Hub

The National Education Union has launched an innovative online resource to support education staff delivering remote education to students during lockdown...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 13:36

Covid-19 absence rates higher for school support staff than teachers, GMB analysis shows

Vaccine access must be ‘urgent priority’ as official figures show 33,000 support staff workers absent due to covid in December...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 13:34

NAHT comments on child poverty in response to Children’s Commissioner call

Responding to a call by the Children’s Commissioner today to end child poverty in the UK, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 13:29

NEU comments on Pause on Lateral Flow Testing

Commenting on the Department for Education’s decision to pause testing in schools and colleges, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 12:57