Education Secretary addresses ASCL conference
Speaking at the Association of School and College Leaders 2021 annual conference, Gavin Williamson thanked teachers and staff for their work during the pandemic...
Friday, 12 March 2021 15:32
New strategy to unleash the transformational power of Artificial Intelligence
A new plan to make the UK a global centre for the development, commercialisation and adoption of responsible AI will be published this year, the government has announced...
Friday, 12 March 2021 15:04
LGA responds to CMA study into children’s social care provision
Responding to the Competition and Markets Authority today announcing it will launch a study into children’s social care provision, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the LGA’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Friday, 12 March 2021 14:50
£90 million boost to fire up aerospace manufacturing
Investment in five projects could secure 1400 jobs across the UK...
Friday, 12 March 2021 14:49
Professor Steve West CBE, DL elected as next UUK President
Professor Steve West CBE, DL, Vice-Chancellor, President and Chief Executive of UWE Bristol, has been elected as the next President of Universities UK (UUK) following a ballot of UUK’s members...
Friday, 12 March 2021 14:13
Prospect: Safety of workers seems to be less important to Rees-Mogg than his bizarre sense of tradition
Garry Graham, Prospect deputy general secretary, responding to reports that Jacob Rees-Mogg is to reject a recommendation for a full decant of parliament to allow restoration and renewal to take place safely, said...
Friday, 12 March 2021 12:53
Deposit return schemes: EAC to hear from packaging sector and experts on how the scheme could be rolled out
The Environmental Audit Committee will be holding the first of its two evidence sessions considering the introduction of deposit return schemes...
Friday, 12 March 2021 12:48
Schools’ Covid-19 recovery funding ‘wiped out’ as a result of changes to pupil premium, NAHT reveals (under embargo)
Today (Thursday 18 March 2021), school leaders’ union NAHT is releasing new data that shows that the £6,000 average funding allocated to primary schools through the recently announced ‘recovery premium’ has been entirely wiped out...
Friday, 12 March 2021 12:03
Mayor announces £250,000 boost for creative freelancers in London
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today announced a new £225,000 programme to put creative industry freelancers at the heart of shaping new proposals...
Friday, 12 March 2021 10:15
Rachel Reeves responds to news that Britain’s exports to the EU were down more than 40% in January
Rachel Reeves MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, responding to news that Britain’s exports to the EU were down more than 40% in January...
Friday, 12 March 2021 09:49