Families facing "a summer of stress" from childcare costs and availability - Tulip Siddiq
Tulip Siddiq MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children and Early Years, responding to Coram’s Holiday Childcare Survey 2021 showing a 5% rise in childcare costs since 2019 and a “postcode lottery” in availability, said...
Monday, 19 July 2021 14:06
NAHT comments on increased number of home-educated children during pandemic
Commenting on a new report by the BBC which shows that the number of families registering their children for home education rose by 75% during this school year...
Monday, 19 July 2021 13:52
Stephen Kinnock responds to Foreign Affairs Committee recommendations on Myanmar
Stephen Kinnock MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Asia and Pacific, responding to the Foreign Affairs Committee recommendations on Myanmar, said...
Monday, 19 July 2021 13:49
Keir Starmer speech on today’s lifting of all lockdown restrictions
Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, delivering a speech on today’s lifting of all lockdown restrictions, said
Monday, 19 July 2021 13:12
Read-out from today's Downing Street Lobby briefing (not for publication)
A Downing Street spokesman today told lobby correspondents that Boris Johnson will hold a press conference at 5pm from Chequers...
Monday, 19 July 2021 12:30
A new way forward for posties and others who have workplace pensions
A new type of pension scheme, with the potential to provide better retirement outcomes and stability, will move a step closer today...
Monday, 19 July 2021 12:15
Labour demands answers on Truss human rights ‘simplifications’
Emily Thornberry MP, Labour’s Shadow International Trade Secretary, responding to the Government’s consultation paper on a new system of trade preferences for developing countries, said...
Monday, 19 July 2021 11:03
ONS report: Coronavirus and its impact on UK hospitality: January 2020 to June 2021
Analysis of the hospitality sector during coronavirus (COVID-19) with a focus on the most recent easing of restrictions in spring 2021. Includes details of how the sector has performed and the future of employment in hospitality....
Monday, 19 July 2021 10:17
Urgent question today (Monday) on International Travel
Shadow Transport Secretary Jim McMahon has been granted an urgent question by the Speaker on "Changes to International Travel Rules"...
Monday, 19 July 2021 10:14
NEU comments on British Educational Research Association report on primary assessment
Commenting on the BERA report ‘High Standards not High Stakes’, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Monday, 19 July 2021 09:56