National Audit Office report on Supporting disadvantaged families through free early education and childcare entitlements in England
The take-up of free early education and childcare places and the quality of childcare providers is lower in the most deprived areas of England...
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01
Committee calls for urgent prison repairs in response to Prison Governance report
The House of Commons Justice Committee today welcomes Government moves to help prison governors take more control over how their prisons are run...
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01
Treasury Committee comments on Government and regulator responses to reports on 1) IT failures in financial services, 2) economic crime, and 3) business rates
In the last few weeks of the previous Parliament, the Treasury Committee published three reports...
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01
LGA comments ahead of Commons debate on cost of school uniform
Commenting ahead of the second reading of the Private Members Bill from Mike Amesbury MP on the Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill in the House of Commons...
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01
LGA responds to NAO report on free early education and childcare
Responding to the NAO report on supporting disadvantaged families through free early education and childcare entitlements in England, Cllr Judith Blake, Chair of the Local Government Association’s Children and Young People Board, said...
Friday, 13 March 2020 00:01
Foreign travel advice - Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Updated information on restrictions at land crossings between Israel and Jordan and between the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Jordan...
Thursday, 12 March 2020 23:18
Guidance for schools and other educational settings in providing advice about coronavirus
The Public Health England and Department for Education have published guidance to assist schools and other educational settings...
Thursday, 12 March 2020 23:11
PM's statement on coronavirus
Good afternoon everybody and thank you very much for coming. I’ve just chaired a meeting of the government’s emergency committee...
Thursday, 12 March 2020 22:54
Transparency data - Responses to post-inspection surveys: state-funded schools
This data gives a summary of the responses Ofsted has received to key questions in the post-inspection survey of state-funded schools...
Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:28
Ministry of Justice secures an extra £90 million to support victims and toughen community sentences
The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) will invest more than £90 million to make our streets safer, improve community sentences and support victims...
Thursday, 12 March 2020 17:21