ASCL comment on Covid funding for schools and colleges
Commenting on the additional funding to support the costs of staff absences in schools and colleges, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Friday, 27 November 2020 14:34
Joint Committee on Human Rights and Women and Equalities Committee endorse appointment of Baroness Falkner as Chair of EHRC
The Joint Committee on Human Rights and Women and Equalities Committee have today published a report following the joint pre-appointment hearing with the preferred candidate for Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission...
Friday, 27 November 2020 14:12
Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee Transcript: Coronavirus: lessons learnt - Nov 24
The Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee are holding a joint inquiry into lessons to be learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic so far...
Friday, 27 November 2020 14:08
Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee transcript: Economics of music streaming - Nov 24
MPs will examine what economic impact music streaming is having on artists, record labels and the sustainability of the wider music industry....
Friday, 27 November 2020 14:04
HCLG Committee transcript: The future of the planning system in England - Nov 23
In a White Paper, the Government has set out significant changes to streamline the planning system...
Friday, 27 November 2020 14:02
New funding to support schools and colleges during Covid pandemic
Schools and colleges facing the greatest combined staffing and funding pressures will be able to claim via a new short-term Covid workforce fund, as part of the government’s national priority of keeping education settings open..
Friday, 27 November 2020 13:59
NEU comments on Independent SAGE consultation
Commenting on Safe Schools, a new consultation guidance document from Independent SAGE with recommendations for getting down infections in schools, Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union, said...
Friday, 27 November 2020 13:36
HS2: Balfour Beatty and Vinci accused of allowing ‘Scrooge’ activities at Old Oak Common - Unite
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has discovered that workers operating on the flagship HS2 project at the Old Oak Common site, are being systematically denied the correct pay rates, resulting in them losing hundreds of pounds a month....
Friday, 27 November 2020 13:34
ASCL responds to Independent SAGE call to make schools safe
Commenting on the call by Independent SAGE for urgent action to address escalating Covid infection rates in schools, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Friday, 27 November 2020 13:30
End of day adjournment debate on Hydrogen Transport - Nov 26
Alexander Stafford (Rother Valley) (Con): It is a tremendous privilege to have secured today’s debate on the use of hydrogen transport...
Friday, 27 November 2020 13:05