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
Guidance on Regulations: heat networks (metering and billing) (update)
Guidance for heat suppliers...
Friday, 27 November 2020 12:33
City Minister to give evidence on financial services after Brexit to Lords EU Committee
On Monday 30 November 2020 the House of Lords EU Services Sub-Committee will be taking evidence from John Glen MP, Economic Secretary and City Minister, HM Treasury...
Friday, 27 November 2020 12:32
Oliver Dowden's opinion piece for The Telegraph on the Digital Markets Unit
The Digital Secretary discusses the government's new pro-competition regime for tech giants like Facebook and Google...
Friday, 27 November 2020 11:36
Black Friday: GMB calls for Parliamentary inquiry over Amazon's "dehumanising" working conditions
GMB Union projects huge ‘Make Amazon Pay’ banner on online giant’s London HQ as part of Black Friday protest...
Friday, 27 November 2020 11:33
Children’s Commissioner for England warns hundreds of vulnerable ‘invisible children’ in England are being locked away without any legal protection
Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England, is today publishing a report shining a light on some of the most vulnerable children in the country...
Friday, 27 November 2020 10:47