ASCL comment on Week 23 school attendance statistics
Commenting on the school attendance statistics published by the Department for Education today, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 12:42
NAHT comments as school attendance data shows rise in Covid-related absence
Commenting as the latest release of the government’s school attendance figures, from the last week before half term, show a fall in attendance and a rise in COVID-related absence...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 12:41
Governance and reporting of climate change risk: guidance for trustees of occupational schemes
This guidance aims to improve both the quality of governance and the level of action by trustees must take in identifying, assessing and managing climate risk...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 12:21
Seema Malhotra responds to ONS figures on Covid-19 impact on pubs
Seema Malhotra MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, commenting on today's ONS figures about the impact of Covid-19 on pubs, said...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 12:09
The government now needs to end the delay and bring forward the Employment Bill, says Prospect
Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect, responding to the government's reannouncement of measures to be brought in if there is an employment bill in future, said...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 11:18
"Social distancing rules must go on 21st June": IEA expert responds to ONS data on UK pubs and bars sector
Responding to figures from the Office for National Statistics showing that 55 per cent of pub staff are still furloughed and only 24 per cent of pub owners have "high confidence" that their business will survive the next three months...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 10:53
Reducing the student loan repayment threshold to under £20,000 would save £3.8 billion and lower student loan write-off costs in England from over one-half (54%) to one-third (33%) (under embargo)
Although cuts to any form of education may be regarded as counter-productive in a period of upheaval, it has been widely reported that the Government are looking to make savings from public expenditure on higher education in England at the forthcoming spending review..
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 09:42
Second reading (Lords) of the Environment Bill - June 7
The Minister of State, Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park) (Con): As we progress with the Bill’s passage, I will be assisted by my noble friend Lady Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:43
Private Notice Question (Lords) on Education Recovery - June 7
Lord Watson of Invergowrie asked the Government, following the resignation of Sir Kevan Collins as Education Recovery Commissioner, what steps they will take to develop a long-term plan to help pupils make up for lost learning during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:41
Oral answer (Lords) on Secondary Schools: Arts Subjects - June 7
The Earl of Clancarty asked the Government what support they intend to provide for education in arts subjects in secondary schools...
Tuesday, 8 June 2021 08:39